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Re: More information about carrying a sextant with radium
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2013 Mar 17, 21:25 -0400
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2013 Mar 17, 21:25 -0400
The sad story by Paul Brewer about a bubble sextant stopped in the shipment in Rotterdam, because the radioactive bubble attachment presumably violated some rules about shipment of radioactive materials. And the sextant was lost as a result. Alex. > What story are you quoting from? > > gl > > --- On Sun, 3/17/13, Alexandre Eremenkowrote: > > From: Alexandre Eremenko > Subject: [NavList] Re: More information about carrying a sextant with > radium > To: garylapook---net > Date: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 2:29 PM > > Paul, > I did not understand some details of the story: > >> It >> took ages to arrive, then I got a very stern letter > > So it arrived? Or it took ages to arrive to Rotterdam? > >> They quarantined the container and the only way I could get the sextant >> was to get a museum to obtain an exception certificate. > > Have you tried to obtain one? > >> Quite apart from the cost that means another old sextant is gone! > >>From which I conclude that you decided not to bother with the >> certificate, > correct? > > Alex. > > > > : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=122913 > > : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=122917 > > >
