- Subject
- Print Collection
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- John Flamsteed
- Primary inscriptions
- Facies Sextantis Anterior 7 ped: Rad: Fanis Sextantis Posterior 7 ped: Rad: Pencil annotation verso: Vol III Flamsteed's Historia Coelestis 1725.
- Physical material
- Paper
- Physical medium
- Black ink
- Physical technique
- Etching
- Object type
- Dimensions
- Height: 256mm Width: 356mm
- Inventory No
- 14118
Description
7 foot equatorial sextant with a telescopic sight designed for the old Royal Observatory by John Flamsteed (1646-1719).
On right of anterior view plate is the top of exterior of the Octagon Room at Flamsteed House, Greenwich.
Posterior view plate shows gearing for aligning sextant.
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