This object is part of a collection relating to the history and development of computing and other information technology assembled by Assoc Professor Allan Bromley of Sydney University, comprising of calculators, mechanical and electronic analogue computers, computer components, kit computers, education computers, and associated ephemera.

Allan Bromley was a lecturer and researcher at the University of Sydney Basser Department of Computer Science from 1978 until his untimely death in August 2002. He specialised in Computer Architecture, Computer Logic and in particular the History of Computing. He was regarded as the world authority on Charles Babbage's Calculating Engines (instigating the rebuilt of DE2 at the Science Museum London) and the Ankithera Mechanism and had extensive knowledge on calculators, analogue computers, logic, stereopsis, totalisators, clocks and time keeping and mechanical engineering.

Pioneer Instrument Division of Bendix Corporation, New Jersey, USA, c 1940

Used in US aircraft during WWII

Aircraft sextant Mk V, metal / plastic, made by Pioneer Instrument Division of Bendix Corporation, New Jersey, United States of America, c. 1940

This sextant is housed in a thick metal and plastic case.

Made: 1935 - 1945

On manufacturer's plate: 'Aircraft sextant Mark V, Bu, aero US Navy, Contract No 96749, MFR's part No 3014 - 2 - A, MFR's serial No 841, manufactured under one of more of the following patents: 1556394, 1647550, 2140570, 2145347, 2252341, other patents pending, Pioneer Instrument, Division of Bendix Aviation Corporation, Bendix, New Jersey, USA'

2010/1/25

1935 - 1945