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Tangent Sight
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sight or aiming device that is mounted against the back of the lock elevation, identical to NG-MC-1889-24-A. The support is equipped with a hook that grips in a square notch in the lock elevation, and is screwed in from the back. It is a short square iron rod, pyramid-shaped on top with grooves through the top; can move vertically back and forth. The sight rod has three sides with scales, five scales in total.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineTangent Sight. 1845 - 1865. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
