A SMALL CRAFT PRECISION SEXTANT BY FRANCIS BARKER & SON LTD, EDENBRIDGE, KENT, CIRCA 1960
the 3in. diameter drum constructed in coated aluminium with polished scale, magnifier, adjustment key and maker's label, secured within a lined leather case with correction certificate and neck strap, complete with card box of issue with instruction and care leaflets, and an informal error certificate dated for 1970, the box 3½ x 5 x 6¼in. (9 x 13 x 16cm.); together with a 6½in. radius three-circle micrometre 'Hezzanith' sextant by Heath with crackle-finished frame, contained in fitted box with accessories and test certificate for 1963 - 11in. (28cm.) diameter; and copy of Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen by Mary Blewitt
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Provenance: John Howard, Chief Experimental Officer, Admiralty Compass Observatory, Ditton Park.

Condition Report
Drum sextant: fine condition overall; whilst functioning, the index arm moves erratically and might need adjusting.
The Heath is in excellent condition, the sighting tubes are still in tissue paper suggesting it was never issued.

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