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Re: Do you know this instrument ?
From: Art Leung
Date: 2024 Oct 29, 12:43 -0700
From: Art Leung
Date: 2024 Oct 29, 12:43 -0700
Denis wrote: It looks like these are still being manufactured (in the U.S., no less): https://www.carpindustries.com/index.php/articles/372
This website says the company making them is Carbonara Labs. I wonder if this is the same Carbonara that holds patents on the Kollsman bubble sextants (Carbonara, Victor: US2579903A - Periscopic sextant - Google Patents)
Can't find anything specific about Victor Carbonara on the web, sadly.