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Vintage 1945 US Maritime Stadimeter Sextant Schick RARE
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1945 Schick US Maritime Stadimeter Sextant. The Stadimeter is an optical rangefinder developed by Bradley Allen Fiske an officer in the United States Navy. It was designed for gunnery purposes, but its first sea tests, conducted in 1895, showed that it was equally useful for fleet sailing & navigation. The stadimeter uses a system of mirrors, as in a sextant, to bring two images into coincidence. In practice, a sailor would identify a distant ship, adjust the stadimeter for its mast-head height ( a figure available in published accounts), brings the image of the mast-head into coincidence with the water line, and read the distance on the instruments drum. Stadimeters were widely used in World War 1 and again in World War 2. Appears to be in fully functional condition with original box. The only problem I can find is t is old tape around the extra lense which I did not remove. Box is scratched (I touched up the scratches) but still very nice and measures 11 1/2" square and 5 1/2" deep. Includes original adjustment tools. Write with questions and thanks for looking. Every effort is made to describe the item accurately and all pictures are of the exact item being offered for auction. Verify by the description and pictures that this is the item you are interested in buying. IF T ARE NO BIDS BY THE LAST 24 HOURS OF THE LISTING, I MAY END THE LISTING AND SAVE IT FOR A LATER AUCTION. Please, contact me if you have any questions or doubts. Insurance is not usually required but highly recommended, especially on fragile items. All Claims of inaccurate descriptions must be made within 24 hours of receipt of delivery to be considered. All return charges are the responsibility of the buyer. In case of damage during shipment, please notify me within 24 hours of receipt of package. You MUST save all packaging materials that the item was shipped in, so that you can file the claim and get your refund. We will forward the insurance receipts to you. Overseas buyers, please be patient with shipping. It can take quite awhile unless you've paid for faster shipping. Payment or arrangement for payment must be made within 48 hours of the listing end or we may relist the item. Thanks for reading all this stuff!
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