- Subject
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- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- George Adams
- Provenance
- Presented by Mrs Arnulph Mallock, formerly the property of Mr H.R. Arnulph Mallock, FRS of Hertford College. This instrument cannot be identified in those recorded in the Museum's Annual Report of 1933.
- Primary inscriptions
- "Adams London".
- Object type
- Sextant
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 113mm Height: 56mm Weight: 755g
- Inventory No
- 92118
Description
Cylindrical copper alloy, standard pattern, with copper alloy scale and integral case. In leather carrying case. Paper sticker inside case: "A. Malloclis(?) Box Sextant". Red serrated circle sticker on box exterior.
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