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Re: What is this on this sextant
From: Luc Van den Borre
Date: 2016 Feb 20, 18:45 +0100
From: Luc Van den Borre
Date: 2016 Feb 20, 18:45 +0100
On 20/02/16 17:33, Bill Lionheart wrote: > There is a Japanese sextant on ebay > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Japanese-Tamaya-Sextant-serial-number-715-/291687942883?hash=item43e9f4cae3:g:TdsAAOSwe7BWt6Kh > > I am intregued about the large triangualr box like structure near the > horizon mirror. I wondered if it was some kind of artificial horizon? I was also interested, and while searching was led right back here: http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/Unusual-Tamaya-with-Coutinho-style-AH-PaulSaffo-apr-2012-g18684 http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/Interesting-Tamaya-wCoutinhostyle-AH-PaulSaffo-aug-2012-g20382 http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/Interesting-Tamaya-wCoutinhostyle-AH-Morris-aug-2012-g20390 Luc
