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Alex,

I probably became confused, otherwise known as a "senior moment". I was
having trouble sending the message as a reply function and readdressed it
manually. I also belong to the Sextant List and didn't notice the List
origination of your message.

Henry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexandre E Eremenko" 
To: 
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 10:37 PM
Subject: [NavList 2307] Re: Plath sextant numbers


>
>
> Henry,
> Thank you for your explanation.
> Now I understand that the problem of
> finding the age of my sextant is even more
> complicated than I thought: I do not have a certificate.
>
> Alex
> P.S. By the way your message seems to be an answer
> to a message that I posted on ANOTHER list
> (The sextant list). I don't remember asking the question
> about the age of my sextant on the Nav List:-)
>
>
> On Sun, 11 Mar 2007, halboth wrote:
>
> > Alex,
> >
> > It probably should be noted that authentic Plath certificates of earlier
> > dates refer not only to a Sextant Nr.,. but also to a Buch Nr. and Lfd.
Nr.
> > For example my certificate reads Buch Nr. 1, Lfd. Nr. 249, and Sextant
Nr.
> > 27337. It occurs to me that possibly the arc number engraved on the
actual
> > sextant is not an absolute indicator of age, but that it refers to
> > sequential order in some other form of base record maintained by the
> > manufacturer and may have been restarted numerically whenever the record
> > basis changed.. Regardless, I simply do not know.
> >
> > Henry
> >
> > >
> >
>
>
> >
>


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