Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry: So it goes. At home I use a Sestrel British Navy Barometer to keep my techhie digital weather thingie honest. Something about brass, beveled glass, big easy to read numbers and two big needles (one RED; one BLACK. WOW!) and tapping the case to get the latest reading... Wouldn't part with it. Regards, Bob in Seattle On Dec 30, 2006, at 17:41, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: As an avid yachtsman I can assure Lug members that there are many devices and technologies which have remained unchanged for at least a century or more. I still have, and very occasionally use, a Heath Hezzanth sextant which is the image of the sextant produced in the 1880s. There are a few changes in the half silvered mirrors but otherwise it is the same instrument. My Dietz oil lamp, now made in Germany, is identical to the model produced in New York in the 19th century. The Perkins diesel engine which powers my boat was first developed for London taxicabs around 1950. Even the Ithaca Model 37 shotgun which I use to repel pirates of the Caribbean is that same as that sold in gun stores in the 1930s. Apart from the GPS and electronics, the newest mechanical device on my boat is probably my 1954 Leica M3. Larry Z _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information