Paget angle sextant

Description

Surveyor's Paget angle sextant, anodized brass frame consisting of two plates (upper with ivorine overlay, with screw-in wooden handle, in fitted wooden box, signed and made by Henry Hughes & Sons of London, c. 1898

Museum reference

T.1911.104

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Paget angle sextant, Surveyor's sextant

Production information

Henry Hughes and Sons, Instrument maker
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1898

Materials

Brass, Wood, Wood

Physical description

Wooden box

Associations

Previous owner: Admiralty