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Re: Inverting Scope
From: Bruce Stark
Date: 2004 Oct 10, 18:42 EDT
From: Bruce Stark
Date: 2004 Oct 10, 18:42 EDT
Earlier today Lisa Fiene wrote:
"I've recently purchased a Soviet Navy 1986 SNO-T sextant, and am seeking
help as to how to use the inverting telescope."
Probably the best place to get good information is in a nineteenth-century navigation manual. Some time back Frank Reed pointed us to a website that has the 1828 Norie. Like most of the old manuals, Norie gives the quadrant and sextant separate chapters. The chapter on the sextant is at:
http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/initiative/ImPage.cfm?BibID=13617&ChapterId=28
It's about ten pages long. It will reward carefull study.
Bruce
"I've recently purchased a Soviet Navy 1986 SNO-T sextant, and am seeking
help as to how to use the inverting telescope."
Probably the best place to get good information is in a nineteenth-century navigation manual. Some time back Frank Reed pointed us to a website that has the 1828 Norie. Like most of the old manuals, Norie gives the quadrant and sextant separate chapters. The chapter on the sextant is at:
http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/initiative/ImPage.cfm?BibID=13617&ChapterId=28
It's about ten pages long. It will reward carefull study.
Bruce
