Quintant

Description

Quintant (sextant) of brass, with vernier adjustment, in non-original fitted oak box, used by the Imperial Germany Navy during World War I, signed and made by C. Plath of Hamburg, c. 1916

Museum reference

T.1961.X.1

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Quintant

Production information

Carl Plath, Instrument maker
Hamburg, Germany, Western Europe

Date

c. 1916

Materials

Brass, Wood, Oak

Physical description

Brass / oak case

Associations

Imperial German Navy
World War I