Brass pillar-frame sextant.
- Made:
- 1826-1870 in Fleet Street
- maker:
- Troughton and Simms Limited
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Brass pillar framed (straight bars) sextant with wooden handle, by Troughton and Simms, London, England, 1826-1870. Consists of four filter shades, tangent and clamping screws on the rear of the index arm, scale magnifier on swivel arm and threaded bracket for viewing telescope.
