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Re: sextant calibration
From: Ken Gebhart
Date: 2006 May 14, 21:15 -0500
From: Ken Gebhart
Date: 2006 May 14, 21:15 -0500
On 5/14/06 8:44 PM, "Robert Eno"wrote: > Thanks Alex, > > I will have to have a look at this as I was under the impression that > Cassens and Plath had developed this feature and that they were the only > ones who offered it. > > Robert > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alexandre E Eremenko" > To: > Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 9:07 PM > Subject: Re: sextant calibration > > >> Robert, >> In a message of April 6, 13:17:20 EDT >> Joel advertized a C. Plath Navistar Classic >> on e-bay, as "Their Finest sextant ever". >> It has this feature: compensation for the index error. >> You can still see the picture by clicking >> the link in this cited message. >> This is what I was refering to in my message. >> >> On my opinion, this feature is superfluous. >> As I understand, C. Plath is famous for the high quality >> frame. But I suppose that the frames of this type >> of all C. Plath sextants >> of the later years were manufactured by the same process. >> >> Alex >> >> On Sun, 14 May 2006, Robert Eno wrote: > Alex, I agree with Robert. I am quite sure that the feature was only on Cassens & Plath sextants. If Joel said otherwise, I think he erred. Ken