Sextant

Description:

Keuffel & Esser termed this a "high grade" sextant as made for the U.S. Navy. The frame is gun metal. The scale is silvered, graduated every 10 minutes from -5° to 155° and read by vernier with tangent screw and magnifier to 10 seconds of arc. The inscription reads "KEUFFEL & ESSER Co NEW YORK 4652." The serial number indicates that it was made in 1900. New it cost $120.

Ref: Keuffel & Esser, Catalogue (New York, 1906), p. 414.

Date Made: 1900

Maker: Keuffel & Esser Co.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New YorkUnited States: New Jersey

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2003.3107.01Catalog Number: 2003.3107.01Nonaccession Number: 2003.3107

Object Name: sextant

Measurements: radius: 7 in; 17.78 cmoverall: 3 7/8 in x 10 3/4 in x 9 1/8 in; 9.8425 cm x 27.305 cm x 23.1775 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-7a97-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1273247

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