Solar sextant, ca. 1823, 33.5 x 41 x 6.2 cm.

Instruments and eqipment

Material: Metals Wood/Vegetal | Type: Tools/Instruments | Countries: Colombia

  • Period

    Colonial and Republican

  • Red List

    Red List – Colombia

Category

Instruments and eqipment
For scientific, technological and industrial use. For example, medical, optical, and weighing and measuring instruments, barometers, plumb bobs, compasses, chronometers, astrolabes, octants, sextants, scales, telegraphs and telephones.
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