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An early 20th Century brass 7" Radius Heath & Co London Mark III Sextant. The brass sextant with silver inset scale index arm with magnifier, thumb screw lock, horizon mirror, coloured lens and 7" brass telescope with additional ocular and objectives all contained within the original mahogany box, the whole stored in the original leather case with gold tooling Heath & Co Ltd, New Eltham London. Numbered U369 National Physical Laboratory Certificate of Examination dated Jan 1920 and a further pink slip indicating adjustment in 1943. Case measures 28cm wide.
Second World War Nazi German Kriegsmarine sextant by C. Plath, Hamburg, marked with impressed manufacturer’s logo, name and location, index arm stamped with Nazi eagle and swastika over Runic M, Kriegsmarine issue no. 7228 C. Plath, Hamburg, the arc with C. Plath trademark, serial no. 22792 and stamped – D.S. (Deutsche Seewarte), in original transit case with military label above handle, inner cover with trademark and National Physical Laboratory Teddington Test Certificate 25 April 1971 and containing original tiny Allen key and other accessories
AN 8IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY WILLIAM DOLLOND, LONDON, CIRCA 1860, OWNED BY WALTER GOODSALL, NAVIGATION OFFICER ABOARD THE S.S. GREAT EASTERN CIRCA 1865 the arc signed Dollond London and inscribed Silver above '70' with inset scale divided to 145°, ebonised brass T-frame, vernier with magnifier on horizontal tangent screw adjustment and glass light diffuser, braced index arm, mirrors and seven shades on oxidised frame section, wooden handle and three pin feet, contained within fitted baize-lined keystone box of issue with inset owner's plate inscribed Walter Goodsall , accessories including four sighting tubes and filter -- 11in. (28cm.) wide Provenance: Walter Goodsall to Captain Inch via auction. ~~*~~ Walter Goodsall, Master Mariner (1848-c.1900) went to sea as an apprentice on the Rajah of Cochin in 1863 and, in 1867, joined the Bombay Shipping Company as a Second Mate. His submarine telegraph career began when he was made Third Officer on the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company's cable laying ship K angaroo in 1871, laying a cable from Singapore to Hong Kong, and as Second officer on that company's cable laying ship Vanessa he participated in the laying of the duplicate Placentia-St.Pierre-Sydney cable between 1872-73. Late in 1873 he was Third Navigating Officer aboard the Great Eastern , working on the cable from Valentia-Newfoundland. He went on to command other cable ships, including the Chiltern when it was deployed in the Red Sea between 1883-84. His papers are divided between Greenwich and the Public Records Office, Kew.
Ø A 9½IN. RADIUS VERNIER OCTANT BY THOMAS CHRISTIAN, LONDON, CIRCA 1820 signed on the cross bar as per title and addressed for 102 Strand , main ivory scale divided to 100°, vernier on braced brass index arm, mirrors, three shades and pinhole sight, pencil and note plate and three pin feet, contained within fitted keystone box, with correspondence to Greenwich dated 1960 and some sextant instructions priced 10p -- 11in. (28cm.) wide
A FINE 8½IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY WILLIAM CHARLES COX, PLYMOUTH, CIRCA 1825 the lattice frame retaining much original lacquered finish, signed above the vernier COX Plym Dock , inset silver scale divided to 130°, braced index arm with swivelling magnifier, mirrors, seven shades, wooden handle and three pin feet, contained within fitted keystone box of issue with near complete set of accessories, securing hooks and lock -- 14in. (35.5cm.) wide
A 4IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY CARY, LONDON, CIRCA 1893 the oxidised brass T-frame with polished arc signed and inscribed Cary London 1089 , with inset silver scale divided to 150°, vernier with swivel magnifier, mirrors, six shades, pin feet and wooden handle with stand escutcheon, contained within fitted wooden box with accessories including three sighting tubes and the lid inset with test certificate dated 1893 – 7in. (18cm.) diam
Ø A MINIATURE 2IN. RADIUS SURVEYING SEXTANT BY CARY, LONDON, CIRCA 1840 the solid cast lacquered brass A-frame divided to 130° signed on the cross bar as per title, single pinhole sight and mirror, and turned ivory threaded handle, contained within fitted baize lined box of issue -- box 4in. (10cm.) square
A 7IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY C. PLATH, HAMBURG, CIRCA 1925 the ebonised ladder frame with polished arc signed as per title and complete with maker's trade mark to left and numbered 10377 , inset silvered scale divided to 150°, vernier stamped D.R.G.M. 724619 724624 / 25 with quick release clamp, glass glare deflector and swivel magnifier, two mirrors and seven shades, threaded sprung site assembly and wooden handle threaded pin feet, stamped 13 behind main mirror, contained within fitted box of issue with accessories including sighting tubes, mounting assembly, filters and quill-handled brush, with correction certificate inside lid dated 1925 and maker's label, and owner's plate inscribed D. Campbell to front, securing hook and handle -- 12in. (30.5cm.) square
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