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Box Sextant - click to enlarge

Box Sextant - click to enlarge

Box Sextant - click to enlarge

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Box Sextant

Catalogue number:
PH*336361

Inscriptions:
"H. HUGHES & SON, LTD. LONDON No 510 1918"

Dimensions:
diameter 3 inches

Discussion:
This has a silvered scale that is graduated every 30 minutes from -5o to +145o and read by vernier to single minutes of arc. The leather case is inscribed "T. J. WEEKS & SONS 1916."

Further Information:

Hughes
Box Sextant

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