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Subject: Re: Instrument repair
From: Robert Eno (enoid@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu Dec 19 2002 - 00:42:01 EST
Hello Peter,
The fellow that I am referring to is Frank Bartlett of Chatswood, NSW. Frank
worked at the RAE plant in England during WWII.
And this has spurred me into a little project to try to track him down
again....
Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Fogg <ffive@XXX.XXX>
To: <NAVIGATION-L@XXX.XXX>
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 4:51 PM
Subject: Instrument repair
> Robert Eno wrote:
>
> > ... The only person I know of who know/knew
> > how to fix these things was a fellow in Australia who may or may not be
with
> > us anymore. He was over 80 years of age ten years ago. I have not heard
from
> > him in a while.
>
> If that was Max of Edwin Bowers & Sons Pty Ltd he did pass away a few
months
> ago. Apart from being a very nice bloke he will be sorely missed as the
only
> person known who could repair nautical instruments: sextants, cronometers
and
> compasses. The last time I saw him he had a huge ship's compass on his
bench he
> was tinkering with. It seems he was the second generation of a family
business,
> but his own son died before him so that dynasty, and business, is extinct.
>
> And here I was thinking that the United States may be the closest place to
now
> find someone with those skills? If anyone knows of another Australian
please
> let me know.
>
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