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NavList 3043] Re: Dennert & Pape MHR-1 HR-2 Cylindrical Slide LineRuler
From: admin20366---com
Date: 26 Jul 2007 13:08

 

On Jul 26, 5:41 pm, MaxU88 <admin20...---com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Thanks for the reply and the links..
>
> The ARG-1 at Toronto Surplus is the Luftwaffe version.  The price is
> Astronomical too.  They were asking (wait for it) $8K, but then
> apparently reduced it to $5.5K(ish).  Way way too much money in my
> opinion.  The Luftwaffe versions are not that particularly rare.  I
> heard that this one may have come from a museum collection, which help
> influence the high price.
>
> Looking through the eyepiece you can see the numbered grid.  This is
> what I have read about the
> ARG-1.
>
> The ARG-1 contains a stereographic projection of the sphere engraved
> on glass, which is viewed through a microscope for sight reduction.
> It has has a bakelite body with a rheostat and base mounted
> illumination module.  The circular glass screen has a highly accurate
> mercator projection engraved to the underside and a silk illumination
> cover.  It has an azimuth and microscope eyepiece with adjustable
> cross hairs.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Maxwww.atlantik-pirat.com