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Re: Is Sextant a generic word?
From: Bill Lionheart
Date: 2016 Dec 11, 10:11 +0000

Has anyone tried to explain you were trying to find your position
using the sun or stars and the curious onlooker volunteered the
information "we call it 'Earth'"?

Bill

On 11 December 2016 at 09:48, Francis Upchurch
 wrote:
> try with a backstaff, pointing in the opposite direction from the sun.See
> what the "sane" spectators think of that!
>
> Francis
>
> 

--
Professor of Applied Mathematics
http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/bl

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