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Re: Freiberger Trommelsextant errors
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 Apr 16, 18:55 -0400
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2012 Apr 16, 18:55 -0400
Ken, Then this rule does not apply to Freibergers made before the re-unification. Alex. > Alex, > > I assumed it was West Germany. I doubted that the East side, under > the Soviet thumb, had the autonomy, or interest, to make such a > binding statement. > > ken > On Apr 16, 2012, at 5:20 PM, eremenko---purdue.edu wrote: > >> >> Ken, >> Thanks for the interesting information, only one point to make it >> precise: >> >>> 1. In the mid eighties I was told by a British sextant importer (who >>> was very knowledgeable), that the German Hydrographic Office allowed >>> sextant manufacturers who produced sextants with no more than 20" >> >> In the middle 80-s there were two independent German states. >> Whose Hydrographic Office made this rule? >> >> Alex. >> >> >> > > > > > > : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=119112 > > >
