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Re: Please help to identify a sextant
From: Peter Monta
Date: 2020 Mar 21, 16:25 -0700
From: Peter Monta
Date: 2020 Mar 21, 16:25 -0700
Seems to me that a theodolite would have been a better option. Any reason to use a sextant and the attendant paraphernalia in these circumstances?
I would guess portability. Theodolites would normally outperform sextants, but in 1910 they may have been too heavy and bulky to consider for a mission of this type. The small Wild theodolites like the T2, with glass scales and optical micrometer, weren't around until the 1920s.
Cheers,
Peter
