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Re: Sextant sales; was: Role of CN at sea, was Re: Averaging sights ...
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Oct 15, 10:38 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Oct 15, 10:38 -0500
Yes, I missed this point. At the time of Columbus, "Star Almanach" (Regiomontan Tables) was mainly published for astrologers. It would be interesting to know how many of them go to astrologers now:-) I conjecture that there are much more astrologers in the world now than CelNav igators:-( So maybe sextant sales are a better indicator after all. (Though, according to Celestaire, some corporations buy sextants for decoration purposes). Alex.
