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Re: Old Sextant pictures
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2008 Jul 22, 21:56 +0100
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2008 Jul 22, 21:56 +0100
Following up my earlier posting about Jeremy's sextant pics; I've now found my way to those sextant/octant details, at the website www.greatsouthbay.com . For others who might find the same problem I did, having got to the home page, my route was- "enter the gallery decks" -->"bridge"--> "measuring devices" --> then choose sextants, octants, or pentants. And there, I've found answers to some of my questions. About the German pentant (quintant) it doesn't claim an angular range to 175� (which I doubted) but to 150� "with an additional 10� at each end" (which is more reasonable). And one picture shows a telescope mounted in the screw housing, and seen that way, it really does point toward the horizon mirror (as of course it should). I suspected that the wooden box containing the octant looked rather too new, and indeed, it's described an a recently constructed box. George. contact George Huxtable at george@huxtable.u-net.com or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222) or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
