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Paget Angle Sextant
The sextant has a black-lacquered alloy frame consisting of two circular plates, the upper having an ivorine overlay. There is a wooden handle to be screwed in the lower plate. There is no tangent or clamping screw and the index arm is moved by hand. The instrument has no shades. Index- and horizon-glass adjustment is made by screws. The sight vane has one pinhole mounted within the frame.
The instrument has an ivorine scale in black from 0° to 90° to 0° by 30 arcminutes. The scale is read by a black indicating line in an ivorine index mark at the end of the index arm.
The sextant is contained in a fitted mahogany box lined with green textile.
The Paget sextant was designed around 1892 and brought on the market by H. Hughes and Son.
The instrument has an ivorine scale in black from 0° to 90° to 0° by 30 arcminutes. The scale is read by a black indicating line in an ivorine index mark at the end of the index arm.
The sextant is contained in a fitted mahogany box lined with green textile.
The Paget sextant was designed around 1892 and brought on the market by H. Hughes and Son.
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Object Details
| ID: | ACO1257 |
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| Collection: | Astronomical and navigational instruments |
| Type: | Surveyor's Sextant |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Henry Hughes & Son Limited |
| Date made: | circa 1920 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory |
| Measurements: | Overall: 146 mm; Diameter: 115 mm |
| Parts: | Paget Angle Sextant |