- Subject
- Navigation
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Troughton & Simms
- Provenance
- Presented by H. H. Turner. Presented to J.F. Tennant, 11 June 1847, by the East India Company, as a prize in mathematics. Given by Tennant to H.H. Turner, January 1910.
- Primary inscriptions
- "Troughton & Simms, London"
- Object type
- Sextant
- Dimensions
- Height: 110mm Width: 196mm Depth: 142mm
- Inventory No
- 35300
- Accession Number
- 1928-53
Description
Reflecting sextant with triangular bracing to frame, index mirror, horizon glass, 2 pairs of pivoted shades, silver scale, telescopic sight, wooden handle, dark tube in keystone mahogany box with inscribed silver plate on the lid. Accompanied by letters from Tennant and Turner.
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