The Sextant

dc.date.accessioned	2010-11-26T17:05:57Z
dc.date.available	2010-11-26T17:05:57Z
dc.date.created	ca. 1938
dc.date.issued	1938
dc.identifier.other	98.05.0006
dc.identifier.uri	http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/21228
dc.description	b&w print
dc.description	Very good.
dc.description	Pictured is a metal astronomical instrument: a highly decorated sextant pointed on an angle at the sky.
dc.description	From Burke-Gaffney fonds. Stamped on reverse: 'The Sextant' and three Chinese characters. Accompanying note reads: 'Photographs of the astronomical instruments of Father Matt. Ricci, s.j. (1552 - 1610) at Pekin (China). Photographs purchased at Pekin by Fr. Frank D. McDonald (1881 - ) in Pekin about 1938'.
dc.description	Date Catalogued: 2/19/1998
dc.description.provenance	Made available in DSpace on 2010-11-26T17:05:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0	en
dc.format.extent	13.5 cm x 9 cm
dc.subject.other	Other
dc.subject.other	Astronomy Instruments
dc.subject.other	Burke-Gaffney, Michael Walter, 1896-1979
dc.subject.other	Ricci, Matthew
dc.title	The Sextant
dc.type	Image