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Re: London Science Museum (Correction)
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 Jun 26, 12:50 -0400
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 Jun 26, 12:50 -0400
In my previous message I said by mistake that the third dividing engine is by Cary. It is by Cooke. Made in 1872. The one which is still working. Sextants by Cooke are sometimes found on e-bay. So we know now that he was a real manufacturer of the frames, had his own dividing engine. Alex.