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Re: sextant calibration
From: Robert Eno
Date: 2006 May 14, 21:44 -0400
From: Robert Eno
Date: 2006 May 14, 21:44 -0400
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: