4 inch Small Pillar sextant. Adie. Liverpool

Star pattern frame pillar on mahogany box. Rihard Addie. Liverpool

Type of object:

Sextant

Time period:

Britain rules the waves + France

Place:

Liverpool

Date:

1840

Maker / Author:

Richard Adie in Liverpool

Publisher / Printer:

Dimensions:

4 inch radius in box

Material:

Brass. Mahogany , Coloring: Black and Brass

Graduation:

Inscription:

Adie Liverpool

Provenance:

Maritime Art Gallery

References:

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Description

Star pattern sextant of 4 Inch radius small sextant to be used on a pillar on the box, for surveying, or with the mahogany handle for navigation.
Same Vernier system as the 1783 sextant of Ramsden!