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Hawk's article on the "Planispheric Astrolube" and believe I can throw some light on the subject.
Our records show that Jose Kienzle was returning from a tour of duty in Northern France when he noticed the inefficiencies of the Norman troop carriers which were just regrouping pending a cleaning up operation which was to follow the recent invasion of Britain.
This invasion had, incidentally, been ordered as the British had refused to join the European Regal Market.
The Keinzle tachograph had of course existed since the time of the Romans, but chart evaluation had proved to be too difficult and the benefits of fleet management had escaped generation after generation of hauliers.
Jose Kienzle had the bright idea of laying the tachograph chart on a rotating table and the end result was the original Kienzle chart reader. F Kay Director and General Manager Lucas Kienzle Instruments Birmingham