Sextant box

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Telescope (172 mm) inverted image, four cross wires, telescope (73 mm) erect image, wide objective lens (star finder), eye piece tube (96 mm) two cross wires. Sight-tube (82 mm), two shaded eye pieces (both green), adjusting pin, small spanner. Diameter 6.5'' (165 mm).

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Object Details

ID:	ACO1256.1
Type:	Sextant box
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Heath & Co. Ltd
Date made:	circa 1939
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory
Measurements:	Overall: 140 mm x 280 mm x 270 mm
Parts:	Sextant Sextant box (ACO1256.1) Sextant telescope (ACO1256.2) Sextant telescope (ACO1256.3) Sextant eyepiece tube (ACO1256.4) Sextant sight tube (ACO1256.5) Sextant shaded eyepiece (ACO1256.6) Sextant shaded eyepiece (ACO1256.7) Sextant adjusting pin (ACO1256.8) Sextant spanner (ACO1256.9) Sextant box key (ACO1256.10)