Octant
notes: label: Description
content: Octant with an ebony frame, reinforced brass index arm with vernier and tangent screw, and ivory name plate. The graduated scale is missing.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Navigation
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Greenwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.389107
label: catalog number
content: 389107
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: octant
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: radius: 11 1/2 in; 29.21 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/8 in x 11 1/4 in x 3 1/8 in; 35.8775 cm x 28.575 cm x 7.9375 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 11 1/4 in x 14 in; 6.6675 cm x 28.575 cm x 35.56 cm