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Re: Bubble sextant instructions
From: Ken Gebhart
Date: 2001 Dec 11, 7:41 PM
From: Ken Gebhart
Date: 2001 Dec 11, 7:41 PM
Dear Capt. Rodaway, We have a copy of the manual for your sextant for sale at $3.25 plus postage. The only difference in working a sight with it is that since you are using a bubble instead of the natural horizon, you need not account for your height of eye above the horizon. Ken Gebhart Celestaire.com Cap'n MCL Rodaway wrote: > I was wondering if any one can point me to a web site or any other source > for a instructions on using a WWII RAF Bubble Sextant Mark IX A. Also what > differences, if any, are there in working the sight with it, compared to a > marine sextant? > > Yours Aye > Michael Rodaway, M.N.
