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Octant   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Alexander Dobbie; Spencer, Browning & Co.
Title
Octant
Object type Navigation
Classification: NM3.9625
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English: 'A boxed octant from the times of the voyages of Captain James Cook. The octant was the forerunner of the sextant.' Marked- Spencer Browning Co London; paper label inside case- Alexander Dobbie, Chronometer, Watch and Nautical Instrument Maker, 24 Clyde Place, Glasgow; also marked '19878'
Date 1760s
date QS:P571,+1760-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
-1820s; Circa 1820; Unknown
Dimensions notes: .1 octant: 315mm x 250mm x 110mm .2 box: 120mm x 310mm x 340mm [closed] .2 box: 70 x 585mm x 350mm [open]
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
643640 (object number)
Place of creation London; Glasgow
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