Items tagged navigation apparatus instruments in MV Collections
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Sextant - Potter, London, circa 1853
Sextant by J. D. Potter, London, in wooden case. This is probably the sextant that was in use at Williamstown Observatory from February 1854. The Victorian Government had ordered a nu ...
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Sextant - Troughton, London, circa 1820
Pillar frame sextant, with platinum scale, no 940, Troughton, London, circa 1820. In wooden case. Used at Melbourne Observatory. A sextant measures the elevation of objects above the h ...
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Sextant - Hoppe, London, circa 1810
Sextant in wooden case, made by Hoppe London, circa 1810. Probably one of the two 'indifferent sextants' used by astronomer Robert Ellery when he established Williamstown Observatiry ...
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Compass - H. Hughes & Son, Type 3A, 'Husun', 1928
Husun Mk 3A, aircraft course-setting compass. Made by the marine navigational instrument maker H. Hughes & Son, London in 1928. Serial no. 8043. This compass was used by Australian Nati ...
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Compass - Course-Setting, Type P7, 1930
Type P7 aircraft course-setting compass with illuminated grid. Air Ministry stores reference no. 6A/0.430. Serial no 1378K. X. Has a mirror in the base to reflect the compass reading. T ...
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Compass - Pattern 200, Kelvin & James White Ltd, Basil Watson, circa 1916
Pattern 200 aircraft compass made by Kelvin & James White Ltd of 18 Cambridge Street, Glasgow. Serial no. 106. The Pattern 200 aircraft compass was designed by Captain Creagh-Osborne, R ...
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Compass - Type O2A, 1934
Aircraft compass Type 02A. Air Ministry stores reference no. 6A/0.890, serial no. 8154. This type of compass was used in the observer's position of an aircraft and features an azimuth r ...
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Compass - Andrew Jack, Trans- Antarctic Expedition, Ross Sea Party, 1914-1917
Compass used by Andrew Jack on sledging journeys as part of the Ross Sea party of the Trans- Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917 led by Ernest Shackleton. This is part of Museum Victoria's c ...
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Sextant - Heath & Co, Hezzanith, Endless Tangent Screw Automatic Clamp, No. Y826, 1935
Hezzanith Endless Tangent Screw Automatic Clamp Sextant No. Y826 made by Heath & Co New Eltham, London. It comes with a certificate of examination by the Hezzanith Instrument Works in L ...
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Sextant - Heath & Co, Hezzanith, Endless Tangent Screw Automatic Clamp, No. Y826, 1935
Hezzanith Endless Tangent Screw Automatic Clamp Sextant No. Y826 made by Heath & Co New Eltham, London. It comes with a certificate of examination by the Hezzanith Instrument Works in L ...
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