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Re: ebay sextant
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 Nov 13, 21:22 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 Nov 13, 21:22 -0500
And there was also their top-of the line "Gotic" sextant. Once I had an opportunity to buy one (from a Russian seller), and I hesitated too long and missed it:-) Huge 10 inch frame, 5 telescopes, all possible sorts of eye filters, still see it sometimes in my dreams:-) Alex. > I seem to remember that the "Mate" sextant was marketed as a slightly less > accurate instrument and therefore cheaper. There was presumably a "Master" > sextant with better instrumental errors than the "Mate". Other makers of > this era, like C Plath and Tamaya would not have allowed a sextant with > non-correctable errors of 40 seconds to leave their factories. > > Bill Morris > Pukenui > New Zealand > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > NavList message boards and member settings: www.fer3.com/NavList > Members may optionally receive posts by email. > To cancel email delivery, send a message to NoMail[at]fer3.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=121108 > > >