Reproduction
Beschreibung
Sextant
Brass sextant with primitive artificial horizon. Brass with handwritten note (by Francis Galton?). In mahogany trapezoid box.
A sextant is an instrument used for navigation and surveying. Galton used this sextant to map parts of Namibia. He also used the sextant to take measurements of a Damara woman from a distance without her permission.
Asbestos Inspection - Non-Asbestos. Eugenics Department.
Hersteller
Cary
Datum
c. 1850
Entstehungsort
London
Material
Format
Box width: 350 mm Maximum
width: 244 mm Minimum
length: 120 mm
depth: 97 mm
Galton Collection
Inventarnummer
LDUGC-004
464000003
UCL Galton Collection
