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- OBJECT TYPE
- Octant
- DATE
- 1850
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0080.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Black & Murray
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Calcutta, India
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Wood handle and brass collar and threaded end
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.4 cm
- Width
- 3.0 cm
- Height
- 1.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Navigation instruments & equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Black Murray
- Country
- India
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Calcutta
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Manufactured by Black & Murray. Scale reads from -10 degrees to 110 degrees, and vernier reads to 20 degrees. Octants made it possible to view and measure the angle between two different objects. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None apparent.
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Dark brown glossy finished wood handle with a dark brass-coloured metal collar and threaded end.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Black & Murray, Handle, circa 1850, Artifact no. 1979.0080, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1979.0080.002/
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