Sextant
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1938–1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1983.0657.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hughes, H. & Sons Ltd.
- MODEL
- 6B/151 BUBBLE SEXTANT MK.1X
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 3372/40
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM, BAKELITE, GLASS & RUBBER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.0 cm
- Width
- 15.9 cm
- Height
- 19.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aircraft instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Hughes
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
USED BY ALL RCAF NAVIGATORS IN WWII & SUBSEQUENTLY. - Function
-
NAVIGATION INSTRUMENT - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- WHITE INCISED LETTER ON SIDES OF SEXTANT.
- Missing
- MISSING ELECTRICAL CORD.
- Finish
- SEXTANT HAS A BLACK CRINKLE FINISH.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Hughes, H. & Sons Ltd., Sextant, between 1938–1945, Artifact no. 1983.0657, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1983.0657.001/
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