Pocket Sextant

Name/Title

Pocket Sextant

Entry/Object ID

1000.2171.173

Description

Sextant, Pocket

Collection

Jim Adams

Made/Created

Manufacturer

W.F. Stanley Co.

Notes

where made: England model name: Royal Patent

Material

Brass

General Notes

Note

Pocket (or Box) Sextant for measuring angles from horizon to the sky. Has original leather case. "Royal Patent" is engraved on the brass case. Built in articulated magnifying glass to read the angle scale.