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Re: Ebay Sextant?????????
From: Joel Jacobs
Date: 2004 Nov 9, 17:19 +0000
From: Joel Jacobs
Date: 2004 Nov 9, 17:19 +0000
Yes Fred, C.Plath made aluminium frame sextants. I have two of them, but a bit later vintage. Joel Jacobs -- Visit our website http://www.landandseacollection.com -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Fred Hebard> The EBay listing cites an aluminum frame, which I'm not sure C. Plath > ever used, or, if they did, up in the 60s. > > On Nov 9, 2004, at 11:13 AM, Alexandre Eremenko wrote: > > > The frame looks exactly like a frame > > of an old Soviet SN or SNO-M sextant. > > (These old Soviet sextants were probably > > modeled on C Plath, but I've never seen > > a C. Plath with exactly this shape of frame). > > Where does the arm come from I could not > > determine. > > The scope is obviously not from this sextant > > (as many people noticed). > > And they seem to have painted the teeth of the arc(!) > > > > Alex > > > >> Check this eBay listing and let's see who can say > >> what's wrong with this > >> sextant. > >> > >> Joel Jacobs > >