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Bubble Sextant
Catalogue number:
NASM 1963-67
Inscriptions:
"BUBBLE SEXTANT / U.S. NAVY / BUREAU OF STANDARDS / MODEL NO. 2 / 1924 / NO. 2"
Discussion:
This is one of six instruments that Bausch & Lomb produced for the
Aeronautical Instrument Section of the National Bureau of Standards in 1924. The U.S. Naval Observatory transferred it to the Smithsonian in 1948.
Further Information:
National Bureau of Standards
Aircraft Sextant
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