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Re: K & E Marine Theodolite (ebay)
From: Alan S
Date: 2014 Apr 30, 18:09 -0700
From: Alan S
Date: 2014 Apr 30, 18:09 -0700
Bruce:
Leopold-Stevens, currently or recently makers of telescopic sights for rifles also, at one time, made marine sextants, possibly transits too. As you noted, we are here speaking of things that used to be. The degree to which industrial capabilities have been lost is more than passing sad.
Alan
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