Blunt Box Sextant
- Description
- This small sextant has a silvered scale that is graduated every 30 minutes from -9° to +161° and read by vernier to single minutes of arc. The instrument was probably made in England, and the "E. & G. W. Blunt, N.Y." signature refers to the American firm that sold it. It belonged to the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Missouri.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- mid 19th century
- maker
- E. & G. W. Blunt
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8.5 cm x 4.3 cm; 3 11/32 in x 1 11/16 in
- overall: 1 13/16 in x 3 3/8 in; 4.60375 cm x 8.5725 cm
- ID Number
- 1994.0147.02
- catalog number
- 1994.0147.02
- accession number
- 1994.0147
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- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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