Case, sextant
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- OBJECT TYPE
- hard bodied/hinged lid
- DATE
- 1943
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0720.012
- MANUFACTURER
- Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corp.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 12
- Total Parts
- 12
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Dark brown wooden box fitted with metal hinges, clasps and handle; dark brown felt pad lines internal supports and interior case bottom; rigid grey [rubber ?] case feet.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.0 cm
- Width
- 24.0 cm
- Height
- 14.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Navigation instruments & equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Fairchild
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
To contain, protect and identify contents when not in use. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "PROPERTY, AIR FORCES, U.S. ARMY/ SEXTANT/ NAME OF ARTICLE/ A 10 A/ TYPE/ AF- 44- 7064/ W30- 053 AC 806/ ORDER NO./ 27473/ SPEC. NO./ MF'RS ASSEMBLY DWG. NO. E320-K1/ M'F'R'D. BY/ FAIRCHILD CAMERA AND INSTRUMENT CORPORATION/ NEW YORK, N.Y." printed on metal plate fixed to top of case lid. Illegible off-white ink stamp appears on lid. Damaged/incomplete sticker on inside of lid reads in parts "FOR INSTALLATION OPERATION/ AND MAINTENANCE SEE LATEST/ ISSUE OF HANDBOOK OF INSTRUCTIONS/ [illegible] AN-0 [illegible]"
- Missing
- Unknown: appears complete.
- Finish
- Dark brown wooden box fitted with metal hinges, clasps and handle; dark brown felt pad lines internal supports and interior case bottom; rigid grey [rubber ?] case feet.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corp., Case, sextant, circa 1943, Artifact no. 2003.0720, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0720.012/
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