INSTRUMENT: Sextant

Description: Sextant

Belonged to Reverent Robert Moffat
Source:
-(R12)

Description: Sextant & case

Made by Spencer, Browning & Co. London.
Held at Observatory Museum Grahamstown (SM 6867)
Source:
-(R14)

Description: Sextant

Used by Maclear.
Held at Museum Africa (MA 769)
Source:
-(R12)

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