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Re: Sextant Terms
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2007 Oct 21, 17:30 -0600
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2007 Oct 21, 17:30 -0600
On 21 Oct 2007, at 12:57 PM, George Huxtable wrote: > So to summarise; reflecting quadrants, Hadley quadrants, and > "Hadleys" were > exactly the same thing as octants, under a different name. All are > double-reflecting. They all had an arc of 45 degrees, and all could > measure > angles up to 90 degrees. That's a very useful paragraph: It should be in Wikipedia! It clears up a lot of confusion. Thanks George. Dan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---