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Re: Anyone seen one of these before?
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2015 Apr 5, 07:44 -0700
From: Greg Rudzinski
Date: 2015 Apr 5, 07:44 -0700
Dave,
Looks to me like an instrument for taking dual horizontal angles for use with a three armed station pointer.
Greg Rudzinski.
From: David Pike
Date: 2015 Apr 5, 01:26 -0700Whilst 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
