ANTIQUE POCKET SEXTANT

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Description: ANTIQUE ENGLISH GENTLEMAN POCKET SEXTANT. IN THE 700/800 EVERY ENGLISH NOBLEMAN, PRINCES, AND KINGS HAD A GREAT INTEREST IN SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, FOR COMPASSES, CLOCKS, MICROSCOPES, TELESCOPES AND SEXTANTS. EVERYONE WANTED TO KNOW HIS LATITUD. BUT BOBLEMEN AND KINGS WOULD NOT BEE CAUGHT DEAD STUFFING A 6 INCHES SEXTANT IN THEIR POCKETS. SO THE ROYAL ORDER WENT OUT TO SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT MAKERS ALL OVER EUROPE: DESIGN AND BUILD A POCKET SEXTANT! WHAT CAME OUT IS NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING: ALL ELEMENTS OF A FULL SIZE SEXTANT, TELESCOPE, GEARS, MIRRORS, SUN DARK FILTERS, ETC. WERE BUILT IN A SMALL BRASS CYLINDER NO BIGGER THAN 4 INCHES IN EVERY DIMENSION. A VERITABLE MIRACLE OF SCIENTIFIC ART AND CRAFT. THERE ARE NOT MANY OF THESE INSTRUMENTS LEFT IN THE WORLD, AT LEAST NOT IN SUCH "AS NEW" CONDITION AS THIS ONE. YOU SIGHT ON THE SUN, AFTER LOWERING DARK FILTERS IN FRONT OF THE BUILT IN TELESCOPE. BRING THE SUN IN LINE WITH THE HORIZON BY MEANS OF A SMALL HAND TURNED SMALL SERRATED WHEEL ON TOP OF THE INSTRUMENT, AND THEN READ YOUR LATITUD ON A SILVER SCALE ACROSS THE SILVERED GIRATING POINTER BY MEANS OF A BUILT IN FOCUSING MAGNIFYER AND "PRESTO" YOU KNOW YOUR LATITUDE. I AM FASCINATED JUST LOOKING AT THIS INSTRUMENT AND ITS COMPLEXITY, LEAVE ALONE THE FEELING I GET WHEN USING IT. THIS POCKET SEXTANT IS NOT FOR EVERYONE, IT IS INTENDED FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR OF ANTIQUE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS OR PRESTIGIOUS ANTIQUARIANS. AS STATED BEFORE THIS MARVEL OF ANTIQUE OPTICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IS IN PERFECT FUNCTIONING CONDITION WITHOUT A SINGLE SCRATCH ON THE BRASS CASE AND ALL OPTICS ARE CLEAR AND MOVING SMOOTHLY UNDER YOUR CONTROL.

Status: For Sale	Reference#: 005
Condition: EXCELLENT	Year: C/1850
Country: ITALY	Maker: ROSSI/ENGLAND
Height: 4 in. (10.16 cm)	Depth: 4 in. (10.16 cm)
Width: 4 in. (10.16 cm)	Weight: 0.5
Title: ENGLISH GENTLEMAN POCKET SEXTANT
Materials: BRASS/OPTICAL GLASS

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