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Re: Kelvin Hughes Sextant
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2014 Nov 19, 00:43 -0500
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2014 Nov 19, 00:43 -0500
Isn't there another slide in the inverting telescope? It looks like there is an eyepiece on the right side. Bill said that three-ring Husuns' with an inverting telescope were designated as a "Master." My "Mate" has "Mate" stamped on the arc. He also said the "Masters" had lesser arc errors. Fred Hebard mbiew@comcast.net On Nov 18, 2014, at 6:21 PM, David Pike wrote: > Bill, Fred - I must have been very lucky with my eBay purchase, because I obtained a post 23,000 �Mates� three circle sextant with zero arc corrections. At least the sextant adjuster calls it a �Mates� in the attached receipt. Do you think you could get a new index mirror fitted and adjusted for one pound seventeen shillings and sixpence today? > > Am I a slide missing? Capt O M Watts says all inverting telescopes came with two slides. I�ve only got one, the four wire one. Can anyone tell me what went in the little rectangular housing on the bottom left and the circular housing top right. Could it be to put the star telescope in when not in use, or for the missing slide? Dave > > > > > Attached File: > > (P1010910-Large.JPG: Open and save) > > Attached File: > > (P1010913-Large.JPG: Open and save) > > Attached File: > > (P1010914-Large.JPG: Open and save) > > Attached File: > > (P1010915-Large.JPG: Open and save) > > >