pocket sextant
Datecirca 1858
Inventory NumberDW0279
ClassificationSextant
Subject
Maker
William Cary
c. 1759 - 1825
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionssextant: 3.9 × 7.9 × 7.9 cm (1 9/16 × 3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.)
box: 5.6 × 11.7 × 9.8 cm (2 3/16 × 4 5/8 × 3 7/8 in.)
box: 5.6 × 11.7 × 9.8 cm (2 3/16 × 4 5/8 × 3 7/8 in.)
Material
Accessoriescase
DescriptionThis is a standard round brass cylindrical pocket sextant, with the sextant armature housed in a cylindrical brass box. It has a silvered scale, 5-160 degrees.
The velvet-lined case contains many accessories, such as sights, a telescope mirrors, and an arm.
It is missing a key.
The velvet-lined case contains many accessories, such as sights, a telescope mirrors, and an arm.
It is missing a key.
Signedengraved above scale: Cary, London
printed on label inside cover: CARY / OPTICIAN / 181 STRAND / LONDON
InscribedEngraved on the brass cover of sextant: Royal Military College / Presented to / Gentleman cadet / Charles A. Vernon / for Attention to and Progress in / Military Surveying / June 1858.
FunctionMeasuring the angular distance between two objects
ProvenanceDavid Wheatland purchased from Graham Pontet, Ltd., London, May 12, 1967. Donated to CHSI 1985.
William Elliott & Sons
Date: 1850-1853
Accessories: case, telescope
Object number: DW0318
William Cary
Date: circa 1820
Accessories: objectives (4): 1 to 4; attached ocular; objective with Lieberkühn; 4 ivory slides; 2 stage forceps; scalpel, dissecting needle, brush; 3 glass slides; mirror; bull's eye condenser; insect box; black/white disc; round brass stage with glass window ; flat wooden case; booklet.
Object number: 1162
Riggs & Brother
Date: 1820-1840
Accessories: keystone mahogany box, telescope, eyepiece shade
Object number: 5245
Fairchild Aviation Corporation
Date: circa 1941
Accessories: case, battery holder, recorders.
Object number: 2003-1-0123
William Cary
Date: circa 1827
Accessories: 3 objectives; live box; 2 ivory sliders; box
Object number: 1188
Link Aviation Devices Inc.
Date: circa 1942
Accessories: Wooden box, spare recorders (2), spare lights (3), spare bubble chamber, spare battery compartment, spare leads (3) in case, service tag from War Department (Form of 1941 but dated 22 February 1965.
Object number: 1996-1-0581
David White Company
Date: 1945
Accessories: terrestrial kepler telescope, screwdriver, key, horizon mirror, adjusting wrench
Object number: 2003-1-0122
