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    German Sextants
    From: Nicol�s de Hilster
    Date: 2006 Nov 23, 12:37 +0100

    Dear group,
    
    The former curator of the Netherlands Maritime Museum in Amsterdam 
    Willem M�rzer Bruyns (currently holding the National Maritime Museum's 
    2005-07 Sackler Research Fellowship in the History of Astronomy and 
    Navigational Sciences) posted the following question on the Rete group, 
    which he would like to have cross-posted here and on the Yahoo Sextants 
    group as well (the latter is already done). If anyone has an answer I 
    can pass it through to the Rete group.
    
    many thanks,
    Nicol�s de Hilster
    www.dehilster.info
    
    
    
    >Dear Group,
    >
    >The Hamburg firm of C. Plath produced bubble and gyroscopic sextants.
    >The first type was made after 1939, the latter after 1943. Both types 
    >are described as SOLD-sextants. I have seen contemporary German manuals 
    >and instruction booklets, and the two books on the history of the Plath 
    >firm. They all use the word SOLD for this type of Plath sextant, but in 
    >none an explanation is given for the word SOLD. I presume it is an 
    >abbreviation. 
    >Does anyone have the answer?
    >
    >Between 1875 and 1902 the Deutsche Seewarte in Hamburg tested a large 
    >number of (in this order:) octants, sextants, 'halbsextanten', and 
    >pocket sextants. Does anyone know what is meant by a 'halbsextant'  
    >(half sextant), of which they tested no less than 570 examples. Could 
    >it be a quintant?
    >
    >
    >With many thanks,
    >
    >Willem M�rzer Bruyns  
    >
    
    
    
    
    
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