- Subject
- Navigation
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Edward Nairne
- Provenance
- Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay with his collection.
- Primary inscriptions
- "E * NAIRNE * LONDON"
- Object type
- Octant
- Dimensions
- Height: 50.7cm Width: 41.5cm Depth: 7.5cm Weight: 1.1kg
- Inventory No
- 40933
- Accession Number
- 1944-1/part
Description
Mahogany frame with diagonal scale on boxwood, index and horizon glasses, pinhole sight, back-horizon glass.
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