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Re: Centerless Sextant
From: UNK
Date: 2008 Jun 13, 20:57 -0400
From: UNK
Date: 2008 Jun 13, 20:57 -0400
I don't have any information about it but we had the opportunity to see
it at Mystic on June 6th.
gl
d walden wrote:
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gl
d walden wrote:
Micrometer quintant made by H. Hughes & Son, London
INSTRUMENTS - QUINTANTS
Micrometer quintant
Hughes, H. & Son
Micrometer quintant, brass frame, brass fittings, wooden handle. Stamped on front of frame: "Registered Trade Mark/ (rising sun over the water)/ Husun/ Gt Britain". Centerless sextant. Unusual and unsuccessful variation of common sextant manufactured by H. Hughes & Son. An attempt to lessen the weight and bulk to give the operator and easier celestial navigation instrument to hold steady. Measuring to 136°.
1953.3561
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