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Re: Do you know this instrument ?
From: Luc Van den Borre
Date: 2024 Oct 28, 07:50 -0700
From: Luc Van den Borre
Date: 2024 Oct 28, 07:50 -0700
It's a stadimeter, a device to determine distance to an object of known height. This one is very sextant-like, but the scale gives it away.
On the wikipedia page there's a 'Mk 5 Mod 0 US Navy Stadimeter made in 1942 by Schick Inc. of Stamford CT.' that looks a lot like it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadimeter
P.S. Look at the man's name tag!
