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Re: Sextant manufacturers
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2007 Oct 25, 11:38 +1000
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2007 Oct 25, 11:38 +1000
Whoops! I thought Greg was referring to the link earlier.
On 10/25/07, Peter Fogg <piterr11@gmail.com> wrote:
Think the list is of American manufacturers, Greg.
On 10/25/07, Greg R. <gregr_ingest@yahoo.com > wrote:
What, no listing for Astra? I think their sextants are "real", at least
they seem to work OK for me... ;-)
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GregR
--- alex <eremenko@MATH.PURDUE.EDU> wrote:
>
> Here is a preliminary list of sextant manufacturers.
> Who of these are real manufacturers and who are just
> dealers, I am not sure. But these people/companies
> stamped their names on the arcs of the sextants I've seen
> or heard of. I will appreciate any additions/comments on this list.
>
> British:
>
> Adams
> Allan, London
> Matthew Berge (Ramsden's successor)
> Bate, London
> John Bird
> Spencer Browning
> Cary (Pall Mall, London)
> Cole (London)
> T. Cooke & Sons (York)
> W. C. Cox (Devonport)
> W. Desilva (Liverpool)
> George Dollond (London)
> W. Gerrard, (Liverpool)
> Gilbert and Co (London)
> Gregory and Wright (London)
> G. W. Heath and Co, (Crayford, London; New Eltham, London)
> Hoppe (London)
> Henry Hughes and Son, formerly Kelvin and Hughes,
> (Fenchurch str., London)
> Hill and Price (Bristol and Cardiff)
> Th. Hummond
> Thomas Jones (4 Rupert street, London)
> Jonmes, Gray and Keen (Strand, Liverpool)
> F. Limbach (Hull)
> Benjamin Martin, Joshua Lover Martin, his son (London)
> Jesse Ramsden (London)
> Rust
> Robinson and Barrow
> Troughton and Simms (former Troughton), London
> Wilson and Gillie, Bruce and sons (Cardiff)
> G. Whitbread (Commercial rd., London)
> Nathaniel Worthington (London)
>
> French:
>
> Dubas (Nant)
> Gambey (Paris)
> Hurliman
> Lenoir (Paris)
> Ponthus & Therrode
> G. Santi (Marseilles)
> Felix Vedy (Paris)
>
> German:
>
> Cassens and Plath
> Freiberger
> Ludolf
> Pistor and Martens
> C. Plath
>
> Dutch:
>
> Benjamin Ayres, Amsterdam
> G. de Koningh
> Observator
>
> Honk Kong:
>
> Gaupp
>
>
> >
>
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