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Instrument repair
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2002 Dec 19, 08:51 +1100
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2002 Dec 19, 08:51 +1100
Robert Eno wrote: > ... The only person I know of who know/knew > how to fix these things was a fellow in Australia who may or may not be with > us anymore. He was over 80 years of age ten years ago. I have not heard from > him in a while. If that was Max of Edwin Bowers & Sons Pty Ltd he did pass away a few months ago. Apart from being a very nice bloke he will be sorely missed as the only person known who could repair nautical instruments: sextants, cronometers and compasses. The last time I saw him he had a huge ship's compass on his bench he was tinkering with. It seems he was the second generation of a family business, but his own son died before him so that dynasty, and business, is extinct. And here I was thinking that the United States may be the closest place to now find someone with those skills? If anyone knows of another Australian please let me know.
