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Sextant

Atlas Major sive Cosmographia Blaviana -Tome one.

Part one of first edition of the famous Atlas major, with all instruments of Thyco Brahe

1662

Sextans Astronomicus Thyco Brahe

from part one of first edition of the famous Atlas major, with all instruments of Thyco Brahe

1664

5 inch Sextant Jesse Ramsden

A miniature sextant by the famous Jesse Ramsden; Miniature Type B reversed VERNIER SEXTANT nr 746 + Box

1783

Large 12 inch radius Sextant of Dollond

Large brass 12inch radius Sextant of Dollond with a index mirror with Maskylene's flap.

1785

12 Inch Flat T-Frame Sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Jesse ‘Ramsden London‘ Nr 976 + box

1790

Large Mahogany Sextant Kings Patent Gregory & Wright

15 Inch Type B Vernier sextant with adjustable handle.

1790

10 Inch Flat Vernier Sextant Jesse Ramsden

Vernier Sextant by Ramsden London nr. 1093 + Box

1791

4 Inch Miniature Vernier sextant by Jesse Ramsden

Very small 4 inch vernier sextant by Jesse Ramsden. London

1792

7 Inch Bridge-Framed Sextant Jesse Ramsden

Bridge Frame Vernier sextant by Jesse Ramsden. London nr 1226 + Box

1794

11 ¾ Inch Pillar frame Sextant by Troughton London

Large pillar frame on a Tripod stand, contained in same box. 'Troughton London nr 119 '

1795

8 3/4 Inch Doubleframe Bridge sextant Crichton

Bridged doubleframe sextant, signed by John Circhton

1798

8 1/2 inch Ebony Sextant by Dollond, London

Dollond, London ebony sextant in box

1800

7½ inch VERNIER BRIDGE-FRAME SEXTANT by Matthew Berge

BY MATTHEW BERGE LATE RAMSDEN

1800

7.5 Inch Diamond and Diamond pattern Sextant by Spencer Browning& Rust

‘Spencer Browning& Rust’s improved sextant, London A vernier type Sextant, Diamond and Diamond pattern in brass and wood.

1810

9 1/4 Inch Double-framed Sextant by Troughton & Simms

Troughton & Simms London nr 2871 , in its original keystone box, Sold by John Parkes & Sons. 43 & 44 Canning Place. Liverpool

1816

5 Inch 'presentation'-VERNIER SEXTANT

TROUGHTON & SIMMS. London in Box for 'Clyde engineers office n°2'

1820

8 1/4 Rowlands Patent sextant. London

Venier type with bridge and shadowflap in box maybe different

1833

4 inch Small Pillar sextant. Adie. Liverpool

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

1840

6 Inch Miniature sextant Crighton London

Miniature sextant in Mahogany box and leather outer case

1840

8 Inch Sextant. Cary Platina & Gold scale

Air-bubble artificial horizon Box nr. 1021

1840

6 Inch Quintant G. Withbread

Triniti House pattern ‘ G. Whitbread London’ Nr 2182

1840

Artificial Horizon Troughton & Simms

Troughton & Simms Black lacquered trough and framed glass cover + Mercury jar

1850

Large Box Sextant C. Cummins

C. Cummins London Brass. two tubes. mahogany case

1850

Tulip pattern Sextant Cairns

Alexander Cairns. 12 Waterloo Road. Liverpool

1852

Collapsible Artificial Horizon

William Cary . reseller Henry Hughes

1890

7 1/2 Inch Triangle-pattern Sextant

Negretti and Zambra. London

1890

German Reich Sextant

1890

8 Inch Triangle-pattern Sextant

Bottomley. 11 Billiter St.London

1893

7 Inch Three-circle pattern Sextant

John Cary. London van Edward Masterman ( Britannia Naval College 1894)

1895

Bridge Sextant Carl Bamberg

Germans patented Bridge sextantby Carl Bamberger. Berlin-Friedenau. No box

1895

French Sextant à Gyroscope

Sextant of Lorieux & Ponthus sold by Hurlimann. The gyroscope-type artificial horizon is missing in the box

1902

7 Inch Sextant with Binocular viewer

Henry Hughes & Son Platina and Gold scale in Box and on separate Pillar

1903

Sextant van de fa. G. de Koningh Arnhem

1912

7 Inch Bell-Frame pattern Sextant + Patent shade

Mark III. Heath & Co. Heath & Co Ltd. Crayford London van J.D. Walters RN ( Royal Navy) in box. with separate pillar

1914

Pocket Sextant. Barton Linnard

Barton Linnard Leather case. WO I Nr 5398

1918

Small 5 Inch Souding sextant Fisch Brussel

Small sounding sextant from Brussel André Fisch in dark Box. from kapt. Victor Moulard

1920

A. Van der Voodt Sextant Vernier type

Belgian Vernier Sextant type. nr. 21 with box.

1920

7 Inch Oval Pattern Sextant

H. Hughes & Sons Ltd. London nr 15686 Micrometer in Box

1927

7 Inch Hart-frame Sextant

Heath & Co New Eltham. in box London

1933

The Paget angle sextant

The Paget angle sounding sextant.H. Hughes & Sons Ltd nr 1638

1940

6 1/4 Inch Ladder pattern Sextant

C. Plath. Duitsland Nr. 32676 Micrometer in Box

1940

Sextant Air Ministry

1943

Bubble Sextant Mark IX A

Brit. Patent 4801120190621 Gebruikt op vliegtuigen in de UK in WO II

1943

6.5 In ‘Mates’-pattern Sextant

H. Hughes & son. London

1944

Husun Admiralty Sextant

1948

Double sounding sextant of Hughes and son

Hughes and Son. London UK

1950

EBBCO Sextant Plastimo

‘East Berks boat Co. England’ Met Franse handleiding v. John Weatherlake. the inventor of the EBBCO in 1978

1978

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