Sextant, pocket

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Title

Sextant, pocket

Creator

HUGHES-OWENS LTD.

Identifier

1974.0111.001

Function

Pocket sextant; used to measure vertical and/or horizontal angles between two objects. Pocket sextants were normally used for surveying, but they could also be used for navigation. They would come with or without a telescope.

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