NavList:
A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
Anyone seen one of these before?
From: David Pike
Date: 2015 Apr 5, 01:26 -0700
From: David Pike
Date: 2015 Apr 5, 01:26 -0700
Whilst searching for Plath arcs on Google images, I came up with the attached instrument by Henry Hughes. http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/35521567_a-rare-victorian-5-12-brass-double-sextant-by-henry It looks like something from "Around the world in 80 days". Has anyone seen one before? What was it used for, and how was it used? It's interesting to see the cabinet makers cutting guage marks on the dovetails in the the box. Was this a sign of piecework or of a a true craftsman?? Dave
