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Sextant

Catalogue number:
PH*275100

Inscriptions:
"E. & G. W. Blunt, New York"

Dimensions:
radius 7.5 inches

Discussion:
Theodorus Bailey Myers Mason (1848-1899), a career naval officer, probably acquired this sextant in 1865 when he graduated from the Naval Academy at Newport, R.I. It has a silvered scale that is graduated every 10 minutes from -5^o to +155^o and read by vernier with tangent screw and swinging magnifier to 10 seconds. Mason's sister Cassie (Mrs. Julian) James, a Washington socialite, donated this and other family items to the Smithsonian

Further Information:

Blunt (New York)
Sextant