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Re: Sextant, how to ID and tell age
From: Bill Morris
Date: 2021 Oct 5, 20:16 -0700
From: Bill Morris
Date: 2021 Oct 5, 20:16 -0700
Danny, look carefully along the limb(the curved bit at the bottom) for a name and number. A strong lens will often reveal what the naked eye has missed. As it is a vernier sextant it was probably made before about 1935. My best guess would be Henry Hughes and Son, around the turn of the century.
Bill Morris
Pukenui
New Zealand
