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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 mounted against the back of the breech block; the support is provided with a lug that engages in the breech block and is screwed in from the back. The sight rod is a short square iron bar, pyramid-shaped on top with grooves through the top; it can move vertically back and forth. Demonstration and/or test model.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineTangent Sight. 1845 - 1865. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
