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Re: Hughes Bubble sextant Mk IXA
From: Hewitt Schlereth
Date: 2009 Jun 10, 11:38 -0400
From: Hewitt Schlereth
Date: 2009 Jun 10, 11:38 -0400
On 6/10/09, jean-philippe planaswrote: > > I think he is talking about this one: 150350192482, priced at 50 Pounds. > JP > > > > --- On Tue, 6/9/09, engineer@clear.net.nz wrote: > > > From: engineer@clear.net.nz > Subject: [NavList 8599] Re: Hughes Bubble sextant Mk IXA > To: NavList@fer3.com > Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 9:44 PM > > > > Hewitt > > If the one you're looking at is the over-priced one on the UK site, > 190312688318, it does has an automatic averager, as does the one for sale on > the US site. These are excellent instruments that give good results. For use > on land, the Mark IX may have advantages as it does not have the extra > weight of the clockwork averager. It has a six-shot finger-operated > averager. The latter is fairly easy to put back into order if disordered. I > would not touch the IXA averager without substantial clock-repairing > experience. There is a reconditioning manual available (mine!) if need be. > > Bill Morris > Pukenui > New Zealand > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---