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Shelfmark: 20136-0000 Musée des arts et métiers-CNAM  (Paris France) Suggestions & Corrections  
Type: instrument
Dimension: L.: 34,5; W.: 21,5; H.: 9,5
 
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Thematic group: Instruments 
Type: sextant
Abstract: Surveyor's sextant inscribed "G.F. Brander fecit Aug Vind" on metal base of support for needle. Bevelled polished marble base on which a box is mounted to rotate. On the base inscription "Carolus Theodorus Flactor Palatinus Anno 1781". Sighting vanes (hair or wire missing at one edge) - circular scale 30° W -30° E. Tilted mirror at end reflects light for reading.
 
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Person City Cronology   Position
name: -
name: Paris
date/range: 1952
date of: donation
epoch: 20 (2°)
name: G. F. Brander
resp.: maker
name: Vienna
date/range: 1781
date of: construction
epoch: 18 (2°)
name: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
resp.: owner
name: Paris
date/range: 1781
date of: construction
epoch: 18 (2°)
 
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Discipline Topic Argument

Geology Apparatus Sextant

 
Digital version:  1  Image/s
mckie_019

 

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