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Re: Bris does not work
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 Jul 27, 12:00 -0400
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 Jul 27, 12:00 -0400
Greg, > The original Bris > has mirrored first surfaces Where do you know this from? I do not see it on my Bris (which I suppose to be original: I bought it is the Cassens Plath office, and the manual has the address of the manufacturer. The address is not valid anymore, but this was more than 5 years ago). It looks like plain glass. > so the bright dim pattern would be expected to > differ vs. plain glass which is what I use on the camera filter. It will also differ if the angles between surfaces are different. I suppose that these angles are random (provided they are small enough), so each individual Bris has to be graded by observation. > The > mirrored first surface reflection also gives a true reflection > as compared > to glass which reflects front and back overlapping > reflections resulting > in fuzzy asymmetry. Could you explain more detail? There are many things which I don't understand in this sentence. 1. First surface. You mean the surface of a glass plate through which the light enters? 2. I suppose that 1 is correct. There will be also a reflection from the back surface (inner reflection). However I suppose that the glass plate has parallel surfaces. So the influence of the back surface will not differ from the influence of the first one. It will reflect parallel rays EXACTLY in the same way as the front surface. 3. Are you really sure that the glasses in the original Bris are coated (silvered?) If 3 is true then this is indeed an unfortunate design. The salt water will certainly penetrate and destroy the silvering. Which is almost impossible to clean. Ordinary sextant front silvered mirror I can rinse and wipe. These surfaces are practically impossible to wipe. Alex.