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Re: Cleaning arc of Vernier sextant.
From: N S Gurnell
Date: 2006 Oct 24, 09:58 -0700
From: N S Gurnell
Date: 2006 Oct 24, 09:58 -0700
It looks similar to one I sold for a quid early in 1947 when I returned from a twenty month voyage on a tramp steamer. Good luck, it never put me on the rocks. n.s.g --- George Huxtablewrote: > > Sorry, to say, I missed out the URL information that I intended to > send with my last message. Here's that message again, all complete. > > > Fred Hebard asked, about my recent sextant acquisition- > > | My curiosity got the better of me; is it item > | 320038599150 on eBay? > > No. There were two almost identical instruments up for auction at the > same time. > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280036899084 > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320038599150 > > The one I bought, which cost me �255, is the first of the two. > > The other went an hour or so later, at �290. > > George. > > contact George Huxtable at george@huxtable.u-net.com > or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222) > or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---