Sextant
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1938–1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0003.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- 6B/151 BUBBLE SEXTANT MK.IX
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Aluminum, bakelite, glass and rubber.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.0 cm
- Width
- 18.3 cm
- Height
- 17.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aircraft instruments
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1938 to 1950
- Canada
-
Used by all RCAF Navigators in WWII and sub- sequently. - Function
-
Navigation instrument - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- White incised lettering on sides of sextant
- Missing
- None
- Finish
- Sextant has a black crinkle finish.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Sextant, between 1938–1945, Artifact no. 1988.0003, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0003.001/
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