Sextant
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1870
name: label: maker
content: Spencer, Browning & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Sextant with a brass frame. The silvered scale is graduated every 10 minutes from -5° to +125° and read by vernier with tangent screw and swinging magnifier to 10 seconds. The "Spencer Browning & Co. London" inscription refers to a firm that was in business from 1840 to 1870. The serial number is "5861."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Princeton University Observatory
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.328887
label: accession number
content: 277637
label: catalog number
content: 328887
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sextant
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: radius: 7 1/2 in; 19.05 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 11 in x 9 1/2 in; 10.795 cm x 27.94 cm x 24.13 cm