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Re: Troughton and Simms Sextant
From: Bill Morris
Date: 2019 Apr 24, 15:00 -0700

that had a similarly shaped brass casting ( I assume it is a casting)

Yes, Richard, the frames are castings, but of bronze (copper+tin) rather than brass (copper+zinc).

Bill Morris

Pukenui

New Zealand

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