Quintant

Description

Quintant (sextant), aluminium 3" straight-bar-pattern frame and limb, and wooden handle, in fitted mahogany box, used on the Antarctic Expedition of 1901, signed and made by William Cary of London, c. 1900

Museum reference

T.1911.35

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Quintant

Production information

Cary, William, 1850 - 1900 (fl.), Instrument maker
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1900

Materials

Aluminium, Wood, Silver, Mahogany

Physical description

Silver

Associations

Previous owner: Admiralty
Certifier: National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Antarctic Expedition