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Re: ebay sextant
From: Bill Morris
Date: 2012 Nov 13, 15:32 -0800
From: Bill Morris
Date: 2012 Nov 13, 15:32 -0800
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
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