拍品 55
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A rare Zeppelin sextant,
A rare Zeppelin sextant,

細節
A rare Zeppelin sextant,
signed GEORG BUTENSOHN BAHRENFELD BEI HAMBURG, stamped D.R.P. 76668, the lacquered-brass frame with marbled decoration rack and pinion adjustment, the bubble level with fine-screw vertical motion, the telescope with sliding draw-tube focusing, the arc with silvered scale and vernier, with ebony handle, two shades and mounting attachment, in the original mahogany case -- 8¾in. (22.2cm.) wide
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拍品專文

These unusual compact instruments could also be used for the taking of azimuth bearings from fixed points, such as coastal headlands or lighthouses. For this purpose they were fixed to a bracket at the Navigator's window on the Zeppelin airships LZ 127 "Graf Zeppelin", LZ 129 "Hindenburg" and LZ 130 "Graf Zeppelin II".