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Seekreiselsextant 3D
The sextant has a casing of aluminium and artificial materials, housing optical equipment, a clockwork averaging mechanism, electrical equipment, a rubber eyecup, and artificial materials.
The sextant has a scale measuring from 0° to 80° by 10 arcminutes, and a vernier measuring to 1 arcminute.
The instrument is contained in a square fitted wooden carrying case containing four shades, two grey and two red, a battery charger, two batteries, two blue light bulbs, three small light bulbs, a suspension strap, which is now missing, and instructions for use in German dated January 1945. It has a hand-operated air pump for spinning the gyro (length 570 mm).
The sextant has a scale measuring from 0° to 80° by 10 arcminutes, and a vernier measuring to 1 arcminute.
The instrument is contained in a square fitted wooden carrying case containing four shades, two grey and two red, a battery charger, two batteries, two blue light bulbs, three small light bulbs, a suspension strap, which is now missing, and instructions for use in German dated January 1945. It has a hand-operated air pump for spinning the gyro (length 570 mm).
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Object Details
| ID: | NAV1172 |
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| Collection: | Astronomical and navigational instruments |
| Type: | Gyroscopic Sextant |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Plath, C. |
| Date made: | 1945 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 145 mm x 355 mm x 290 mm |
| Parts: | Seekreiselsextant 3D |