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Hi Wolfgang

Thank you so much for all of the information that you have taken time
to write, that is really good of you.  I am going to start looking
through it all now.  8 )

I am still optimistic that I may find an ARG-1 one day.  It would be
fantastic if I could find one for 100 EURO, but I think that's a little
too optimistic!

Best wishes

Max
www.atlantik-pirat.com







On Jul 26, 5:41 pm, MaxU88  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
>
> On Jul 26, 3:29 pm, dw  wrote:
>
>
>
> > Those with the ION CD may have an article by Mary R. Hunt from 1947 on
> > the german gyro-sextant from Max's collection.  Can anyone summarize?
>
> > Thx.
>
> >http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/navigation/object.cfm?recor...
>
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