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Re: Antique Sextant
From: R.H. van Gent
Date: 2001 Oct 13, 3:32 PM
From: R.H. van Gent
Date: 2001 Oct 13, 3:32 PM
Pierre Boucher wrote: > Any info's on a brass sextant (antique) labelled on the arc: > > W.F. Cannon 177 Shadwell, London > > It is in it's original wooden box complet with 1 sighting tube (no > magnification) and 2 different scopes. Hi Pierre, Gloria Clifton's Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 (London, 1995), p. 103, mentions a John Ford (fl. 1851-1855) at 177 Shadwell High Street (London), who is known to have sold an octant. An earlier member of the Ford family, William Ford (perhaps the father of John Ford), resided in Cannon Street (London) in 1764 and was registered as an optician. I hope that this helps. Regards, ======================================================== * Robert H. van Gent * Tel/Fax: 00-31-30-2720269 * * Zaagmolenkade 50 * * * 3515 AE Utrecht * E-mail: r.h.vangent@astro.uu.nl * * The Netherlands * * ******************************************************** * Home page: http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/homepage.htm * ========================================================
