Box sextant

Description

3" diameter box sextant in brass with silver scale but lacking telescopic sight, signed by Adie of Edinburgh, c. 1825

Museum reference

T.1980.163

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Box sextant

Production information

Adie
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1825

Materials

Brass

Associations

Arthur Frank Collection of Scottish Scientific Instruments

References

T.N. Clarke, A.D. Morrison-Low and A.D.C. Simpson (1989): "Brass and Glass