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Re: A sextant is cooler than...
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2007 Aug 11, 18:23 -0700
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2007 Aug 11, 18:23 -0700
Meanwhile, in a Wired magazine competition for the "Greatest Gadget of All Time", the sextant came in second after the color tv. So the sextant beat out all computing devices and the iPod, too. Worth mentioning if you're trying to promote celestial navigation! -FER http://www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
