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Re: Flat Bygrave alternative configuration
From: Hanno Ix
Date: 2014 Jul 4, 06:32 +0100
From: Hanno Ix
Date: 2014 Jul 4, 06:32 +0100
Gary,
Thanks for the tip. You bet I will see all that.
I believe it was a Portuguese prince who started
CelNav as we know it, right? In 14xx??
Also, wasn't it Faro the was used as the first
"Greenwich'?
Lisbon is a city very much worthwhile visiting.
For me, it helps that it reminds me of my beloved
San Diego. Exept the language - my gosh..
Try pronouncing RESTAURADORES as
"grish-DAU-ra-dor-resh". Very obvious, isn't it?
Worse, I think, than my native German,
if that wasn't bad enough. :)
Hanno
On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Gary LaPook <NoReply_LaPook@fer3.com> wrote:
Don't miss the navy museum in Belem. Many navigation instruments there plus Gago Coutinho's airplane in which he crossed the south atlantic in 1922. Vasco Da Gama's tomb is next door in the cathedral.gl
From: Hanno Ix <NoReply_HannoIx@fer3.com>
To: garylapook---.net
Sent: Thursday, July 3, 2014 5:51 AM
Subject: [NavList] Re: Flat Bygrave alternative configuration
Robin,I am very happy with my beam compass. The clear and crisp scales of yours do very well.So don't worry about cursors. But there is no hurry - I'm in Lisbon, Portugal. No time to tinker mit Bygraves.BTW: I may have been over-detailed y'day but writing all down gave me an opportunity to think things oover
On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 5:31 AM, Sean C <NoReply_SeanC@fer3.com> wrote:
Without a cursor that you would have in a normal slide rule this can be a bit tricky to do.-RobinI made a cursor on my inkjet to use with Gary's flat bygrave. I simply printed a thin line vertically on a 3M transparency in portrait orientation, then folded the top and bottom edges to fit snugly around the larger scale. (I had trimmed the small scale already to make it easier to move around.)-Sean C.
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