Octant
- Object Name:
- Octant
- Object ID:
- 1973.515.19
- Creator:
- Hadley
- Date:
- 1816-1834
- Description:
- Octant, brass and ebony. Triangular wooden frame with curved base. Brass fittings for lenses on one side, twin-holed sighting pinnula opposite, pendulum mounted at upper tip, with bottom sliding along curved base. Base has ivory piece set into side, with degree markings 0-100. Smaller ivory piece set into frame. In wooden box matched to shape, with raised upper end to accommodate lenses and sight. Worn label on inside of box: "Benja. K. Hagger, / Mathematical Instrument Maker & Ship Chandler / at the Sign of Hadleys Quadrant, South Street near Bowleys Wharf / Baltimore."
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Glass
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-15.9 W-12.9 D-2.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Navigation, Sea farers, Sea travel, Sextants
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