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Re: SNO sextants
From: Glendon
Date: 2004 Nov 12, 20:02 +1100
From: Glendon
Date: 2004 Nov 12, 20:02 +1100
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexandre Eremenko"To: Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 2:19 PM Subject: Re: SNO sextants > Someone earlier mentioned in this list that > in 1945 "Soviets plundered the Freiberger factory", > I remember this sentense but cannot find the message. > Interesting, where this information comes from? http://www.fpm.de/en/index.htm scroll down to the history Some years back I read that T stood for Tropical and M for Marine. Can't for the life of me remember where. Maybe a self-perpetuating myth?? Lee Martin