Sextant
date: label: date made
content: ca 1965
name: label: maker
content: East Berks Boat Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Ebbco began making inexpensive plastic sextants for emergency or educational use in the 1960s. In this example, the arc is graduated every degree from -10° to 120° and read by micrometer with vernier to 12 seconds. The inscription reads "Ebbco" and "EAST BERKS BOAT CO., ENGLAND."
label: Description
content: Ref: J. P. G. Weatherlake, <i>The Ebbco Sextant. Its Use, Care and Adjustment</i> (n.p., n.d.).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Berkshire
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Measuring & Mapping
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0196.01
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0196.01
label: accession number
content: 2004.0196
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sextant
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 9 in x 9 3/4 in; 8.89 cm x 22.86 cm x 24.765 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 10 in x 6 in; 10.16 cm x 25.4 cm x 15.24 cm