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Re: Goerz and Bumstead Sun Compasses
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2007 Nov 05, 16:30 -0800
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2007 Nov 05, 16:30 -0800
The photo in H.O. 216 is of an instument to be used in the antarctic as
it rotates counterclockwise and "S" on the azimuth scale is aligned
with "Mid Night."
gl
glapook@PACBELL.NET wrote:
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gl
glapook@PACBELL.NET wrote:
I will attach the scans to the next post. gl On Nov 3, 10:16 pm, glap...@PACBELL.NET wrote:I have sever pages showing the Bumsted sun compass and I can scan them in on monday and post them. gl On Nov 3, 10:40 am, Wolfgang Köberer <koebe...@navigationsgeschichte.de> wrote:Robert,I assume that you are talking about about the Zeiss Ikon A.-G. Goerz-Werk "Sonnenkompass" It is described in the German Patent Nr. 474100 (issued 26.3.1929). If you do not have access to the patent I can send you a scan off list.Wolfgang -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: NavList@fer3.com [mailto:NavList@fer3.com]Im Auftrag von Robert Eno Gesendet: Samstag, 3. November 2007 16:13 An: NavList@fer3.com Betreff: [NavList 3751] Goerz and Bumstead Sun CompassesHello fellow luminaries,Does anyone out there have any sources of information and/or photographs of the Goerz and Bumstead Sun Compasses?Robert
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