Paget type surveyor's sextant.
- Made:
- 1895-1903 in City of London
- designer:
- Paget
- maker:
- Henry Hughes and Son Limited
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Surveyor's sextant (Paget angle sextant) made by Henry Hughes and Son, London, about 1900. Black-lacquered alloy frame consisting of two circular plates, the upper having an ivorine overlay; a wooden handle, to be screwed in to the lower plate. Signed on the upper plate: H. Hughes & Son, | 59 Fenchurch St. | London. Marked on the upper plate: The Paget | Angle Sextant, | No. 753. Ivorine scale in black from 0° to 90° to 0° every 30'. The scale is read by use of a black indicating line on an ivorine index mark at the end of the index arm. There is no tangent screw or clamping screw; the index arm is moved by hand. No shades. Index- and horizon-glass adjustment by screws. The sight vane has one pinhole mounted within the frame. No box.
Details
- Category:
- Surveying
- Object Number:
- 1911-220
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), plastic (unidentified), glass and wood (unidentified)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 115 mm x 115 mm x 150 mm, .63kg
- type:
- surveyor's sextant
- credit:
- Admiralty Hydrographic Department
