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Re: Modern sextant production. Reply from SNO-T factory.
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 Apr 14, 14:34 -0400
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 Apr 14, 14:34 -0400
Jean-Philippe, > But this doesn't seem to be completely true as I found a > Freiberger certificate indicating errors of up to 45" at 110? and 120? > marks. I conjecture that this certificate might had been issued when the sextant was already not new, and an owner brought it to Freiberger for inspection. Anyway, on the place of your friend I would talk to Freibergers. I also do not understand how your friend could determine the arc error himself with such degree of accuracy. Alex.
