Sextant
Title
Sextant
Subject
Astronomy
Navigation
Surveying
Measuring instruments
Navigation
Surveying
Measuring instruments
Description
Wood, metal, glass
Black aluminum frame, wood handle, one telescope, no filters, micrometer wheel on vernier scale, arc is black with white engraved scale from 0 to 140. Marked on index arm “U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships ETS Sextant, Mark 2 Mod 0 28012 1943, type no 3052-1-A”.
Black aluminum frame, wood handle, one telescope, no filters, micrometer wheel on vernier scale, arc is black with white engraved scale from 0 to 140. Marked on index arm “U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships ETS Sextant, Mark 2 Mod 0 28012 1943, type no 3052-1-A”.
Creator
Bendix Aviation Co., Eclipse-Pioneer division, Teterboro, New Jersey
Publisher
Astronomy Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
Date
circa 1943
Contributor
Michael Svec
Rights
Copyright MIchael Svec
Format
image/jpg
Language
English
Type
physical object
Coverage
University of Illinois Observatory, Urbana, Illinois
Files
Collection
Citation
Bendix Aviation Co., Eclipse-Pioneer division, Teterboro, New Jersey, “Sextant,” University of Illinois Observatory Collection, accessed April 20, 2024, https://uiobservatory.omeka.net/items/show/39.