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Re: Spitz Sextant
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2009 Nov 03, 22:30 -0800
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2009 Nov 03, 22:30 -0800
And probably navigated with the maps from a Bible, too! frankreed@HistoricalAtlas.com wrote: > From an article describing Armand Spitz, the founder of the Spitz Planetarium company: > "Crossing the Atlantic, he made friends with an officer who taught him celestial navigation. "To reckon positions, Armand built a sextant out of a water-filled dish pan, a board, and a toothpick," " > > This made me laugh aloud. No hacksaw blades?! > > -FER > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NavList message boards: www.fer3.com/arc Or post by email to: NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList+@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---