There's nothing mystical or complicated about a sextant. All it is is a device that measures the angle between two objects. The sextant makes use of two mirrors. With this sextant, one of the ...

An artificial horizon for sea use has been wanted for the last hundred years; in fact, ever since the sextant came into general use. It is a matter of common occurrence for mist or fog to obscure ...

But Nichol, a featured appraiser on the PBS program "Antiques Roadshow," says smaller surprises happen often enough. "You frequently get people bringing in something that they bought for $5 that's ...

For maximum preservation, antique textiles, especially cottons and linens, should have no direct contact with wood, blue tissue, regular tissue, or other wrapping paper. Most paper tends to be acidic; ...

Sextant Growth Fund earns a Below Average Process Pillar rating. The process is bolstered by the parent firm's five-year risk-adjusted success ratio of 50%. The measure indicates the percentage of ...

“Antique scientific instruments, laboratory equipment or vintage tools can appeal to collectors with a passion for history and craftsmanship,” said Fernandes. “Microscopes, sextants or early ...

Sextant International Fund earns an Average Process Pillar rating. The primary contributor to the rating is the fund's strong long-term risk-adjusted performance. This can be seen in its five-year ...

We'll release the schedule of where we are planning to visit next year on our Antiques Roadshow website during 2025. The Antiques Roadshow records programmes across the UK, throughout the year ...

During subsequent centuries they threatened to become obsolete in light of technological developments such as sextants and marine chronometers ... mass-produced pieces or outrageously expensive ...

There's nothing mystical or complicated about a sextant. All it is is a device that measures the angle between two objects. The sextant makes use of two mirrors. With this sextant, one of the ...