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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.)
        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.


          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.
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