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Don't do this to a sextant
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2006 Nov 4, 20:20 EST
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From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2006 Nov 4, 20:20 EST
The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California has been extensively
renovated and expanded in the past few years. I believe it's re-opening this
month. They have kept the original 1930s wall murals including one that
symbolically shows the influence of modern scientific celestial navigation
(modern, as of 1934). In the mural, a female figure, supposedly a Goddess of
Calm, is shown holding a sextant. Here she is:
I'll say this: I would not be particularly "calm" if anyone picked up
one of my sextants by the index mirror!
And then there's an item for sale on ebay:
I don't mind so much that someone has turned an old sextant into a
lamp. It's better than using it as a hammer, I suppose. But look at the position
of the index shades. Ouch. :-)
-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
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