Sextant
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BUBBLE
- DATE
- 1939–1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0571.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Mk.IX
- LOCATION
- England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 4859/40(V)
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- predom. non-ferrous metal (possibly aluminum); steel; plastic; glass lens & mirror; rubber cushion around eyepiece
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.0 cm
- Width
- 16.0 cm
- Height
- 19.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aircraft instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWII (1939-1945)
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Sextants are optical navigational instruments for measuring angular distances and determining latitude. A bubble sextant contains a bubble-level in a dome-topped liquid-filled chamber. When held vertically, the bubble floats to the dome's centre, providing a horizontal base line, or artificial horizon,. from which the altitude of the sun or other chosen celestial body may be measured. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering painted on housing reads: "[crown]/A.M./BUBBLE SEXTANT/MARK IX/REF. No 6B/151/SERIAL No 4859/40(V)"; "SERIAL No 4859/40(V)"; stenciled on bottom: "144"
- Missing
- battery compartment empty; no electric cable or battery adapter
- Finish
- predom. black; white lettering & indicators
- Decoration
- Tudor crown painted on housing
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Unknown Manufacturer, Sextant, between 1939–1945, Artifact no. 1993.0571, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0571.001/
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