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Re: Sextant manufacturers
From: Greg R_
Date: 2007 Oct 24, 18:32 -0700
From: Greg R_
Date: 2007 Oct 24, 18:32 -0700
What, no listing for Astra? I think their sextants are "real", at least they seem to work OK for me... ;-) -- GregR --- alexwrote: > > Here is a preliminary list of sextant manufacturers. > Who of these are real manufacturers and who are just > dealers, I am not sure. But these people/companies > stamped their names on the arcs of the sextants I've seen > or heard of. I will appreciate any additions/comments on this list. > > British: > > Adams > Allan, London > Matthew Berge (Ramsden's successor) > Bate, London > John Bird > Spencer Browning > Cary (Pall Mall, London) > Cole (London) > T. Cooke & Sons (York) > W. C. Cox (Devonport) > W. Desilva (Liverpool) > George Dollond (London) > W. Gerrard, (Liverpool) > Gilbert and Co (London) > Gregory and Wright (London) > G. W. Heath and Co, (Crayford, London; New Eltham, London) > Hoppe (London) > Henry Hughes and Son, formerly Kelvin and Hughes, > (Fenchurch str., London) > Hill and Price (Bristol and Cardiff) > Th. Hummond > Thomas Jones (4 Rupert street, London) > Jonmes, Gray and Keen (Strand, Liverpool) > F. Limbach (Hull) > Benjamin Martin, Joshua Lover Martin, his son (London) > Jesse Ramsden (London) > Rust > Robinson and Barrow > Troughton and Simms (former Troughton), London > Wilson and Gillie, Bruce and sons (Cardiff) > G. Whitbread (Commercial rd., London) > Nathaniel Worthington (London) > > French: > > Dubas (Nant) > Gambey (Paris) > Hurliman > Lenoir (Paris) > Ponthus & Therrode > G. Santi (Marseilles) > Felix Vedy (Paris) > > German: > > Cassens and Plath > Freiberger > Ludolf > Pistor and Martens > C. Plath > > Dutch: > > Benjamin Ayres, Amsterdam > G. de Koningh > Observator > > Honk Kong: > > Gaupp > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---