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From: Douglas Denny
Date: 2010 Mar 15, 16:12 -0700
Here are photos of the Plath sextants of this type which I posess.
The 'standard' type is Marked:-
Libellen Oktant mit Mittlungseinrichtung.
Gerat Nr: 127-134 B2
Which I believe translates to:-
Spirit Levels Oktant with Averaging Mechanism.
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The more interesting one is the gyro horizon sextant which is powered by an airline; or even a bicycle pump. I am fairly sure I have seen a WW2 film clip of this sextant type being used on the front casing of a U Boat at sea.
It is marked:
Seekreiselsextant
Gerat Nr: 616-42A
Which translates to:-
Sea-gyroscope Sextant.
Douglas Denny.
Chichester. England.
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