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Re: Freiberger Trommelsextant errors
From: Ken Gebhart
Date: 2012 Apr 16, 17:51 -0500
From: Ken Gebhart
Date: 2012 Apr 16, 17:51 -0500
Alex, I assumed it was West Germany. I doubted that the East side, under the Soviet thumb, had the autonomy, or interest, to make such a binding statement. ken On Apr 16, 2012, at 5:20 PM, eremenko@math.purdue.edu wrote: > > Ken, > Thanks for the interesting information, only one point to make it > precise: > >> 1. In the mid eighties I was told by a British sextant importer (who >> was very knowledgeable), that the German Hydrographic Office allowed >> sextant manufacturers who produced sextants with no more than 20" > > In the middle 80-s there were two independent German states. > Whose Hydrographic Office made this rule? > > Alex. > > >
