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Sextant
Catalogue number:
2003.0353.01
Inscriptions:
"BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION ECLIPSE-PIONEER DIVISION
TETERBORO, NEW JERSEY, U.S.A. TYPE NO. 3052-1-A" and "U.S. NAVY BUREAU OF SHIPS E.T.S. SEXTANT MARK 2 MOD. 0 N 24359 1944"
Dimensions:
radius 6.5 inches
Discussion:
This sextant was made during World War II. The limb is graduated to single
degrees. A drum micrometer, the teeth of which mesh with teeth cut into the edge
of the limb, reads to 1 minute and, with vernier, to 6 seconds of arc.
Further Information:
Pioneer
Sextant
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