Flamsteed's equatorially mounted sextant fitted with telescope, 1725. Artist: Unknown

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Flamsteed's equatorially mounted sextant fitted with telescope, 1725. Side view showing the gearing for aligning the sextant. Flamsteed (1646-1719) was the first Astronomer Royal. From Historia Coelestis Britannica by John Flamsteed. (London, 1725).

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