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    Re: sextant calibration
    From: Robert Eno
    Date: 2006 May 14, 21:44 -0400

    Thanks Alex,
    
    I will have to have a look at this as I was under the impression that
    Cassens and Plath had developed this feature and that they were the only
    ones who offered it.
    
    Robert
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Alexandre E Eremenko" 
    To: 
    Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 9:07 PM
    Subject: Re: sextant calibration
    
    
    > Robert,
    > In a message of April 6, 13:17:20 EDT
    > Joel advertized a C. Plath Navistar Classic
    > on e-bay, as "Their Finest sextant ever".
    > It has this feature: compensation for the index error.
    > You can still see the picture by clicking
    > the link in this cited message.
    > This is what I was refering to in my message.
    >
    > On my opinion, this feature is superfluous.
    > As I understand, C. Plath is famous for the high quality
    > frame. But I suppose that the frames of this type
    > of all C. Plath sextants
    > of the later years were manufactured by the same process.
    >
    > Alex
    >
    > On Sun, 14 May 2006, Robert Eno wrote:
    
    
    

       
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