WORLD WAR II-ERA AIRCARFT BUBBLE A-10A SEXTANT BY LINK
America, Circa 1942
By Fairchild Camera and Instrument. Signed and identified with a maker's plate on the drum with serial number and other details. Sextant incorporates an eyepiece sighting an artificial bubble horizon with two built-in sun filters and is electrically lit for use at night. A micrometer drum provides readout to one minute of arc. The A-10A has an integral electric averager with a continuous one-second pulse and recording disk. The sextant has a calibration report mechanism to record the position of the micrometer drum during each of the observation periods and compensates for the motion of the navigator's platform. Within the original mahogany case with battery pack and connecting wire.
Box height 5.5". Width 9.25". Depth 9".
Provenance:
The Kelton Collection of Marine Art & Artifacts.

Notes:
The A-10A sextant is a handheld precision instrument, ideally suited to light airplane use. They are compact, lightweight, simple and rugged yet accurate instruments, made mainly of brass and aluminum.

Excellent

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