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A 20th-Century vernier sextant signed Lorieux, LePettit
constructed in brass with a lattice frame, the silvered scale divided 5°- 0°- 155°, vernier clamp and fine tangent screw adjustment, swivel magnifier, three horizon shades, twomirrors, three telescope and bakelite handle, in fitted box with accessories, the radius -- 7½in. (19cm.); the box -- 11½ x 10½in. (29 x 26.5cm.)
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constructed in brass with a lattice frame, the silvered scale divided 5°- 0°- 155°, vernier clamp and fine tangent screw adjustment, swivel magnifier, three horizon shades, twomirrors, three telescope and bakelite handle, in fitted box with accessories, the radius -- 7½in. (19cm.); the box -- 11½ x 10½in. (29 x 26.5cm.)
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