Weems and Plath Weems Chrome Stormglass with display User Manual
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All his life, Weems continued to improve the instruments
and broaden the applications of his methods until they
came to include radio astronomy, polar exploration and
even space navigation. He published numerous articles
and taught navigation at the Naval Academy in the ’s.
He went on to establish his own school in Annapolis to
teach The Weems System of Navigation. Charles Lindbergh
studied with Weems before attempting his trans-Atlantic
flight. Admiral Byrd, a classmate of Weems at the Naval
Academy, came to Weems for instruction before setting
out for the North Pole, as did many others.
A century earlier, Carl Plath’s
company in Hamburg,
Germany - C. Plath, had
been manufacturing the
finest commercial sextants
and magnetic compasses
available. C. Plath developed
the first gyrocompass
installed on a commercial
vessel in . Weems' school
for navigation had become
the purveyor of Weems’
instruments. It was a natural
development for Weems’
company to become the
North American source for C. Plath’s fine instruments;
hence the alliance of two distinguished names - Weems
and Plath. The exceptional workmanship that both Philip
Van Horn Weems and Carl Plath required in developing
the manufacturing of precision navigation tools remains
at the heart of all our products today.
Today, Weems & Plath is still located in the Chesapeake
Bay town of Annapolis where it began so many years ago.
We are committed to supplying the world with the finest
nautical products available while maintaining the high
standards of service that have distinguished Weems &
Plath from its inception.
Carl Plath