Sextant

Description

Sextant, double-frame bridge, brass with wooden handle, hand lens missing, in damaged mahogany keystone box, signed and made by Jesse Ramsden of London, c. 1795

Museum reference

T.1963.42

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Sextant

Production information

Ramsden, Jesse, 1735 - 1800, Instrument maker
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1795

Materials

Anodised brass, Wood, Silver, Mahogany

Physical description

Brass

Associations

Horsburgh Collection