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Re: Cleaning arc of Vernier sextant.
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2006 Oct 26, 23:02 EDT
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From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2006 Oct 26, 23:02 EDT
Henry H you wrote:
"If the truth were to be known, the conventional wisdom of my day was
to
leave the sextant alone, crud and all. The more encrusted a sailor's
sextant might be, the more experienced he (no shes then) and competent he
was thought to be. The cigarette/cigar ash polish was advanced as an
alternative for the fastidious to use. How times have changed!"
leave the sextant alone, crud and all. The more encrusted a sailor's
sextant might be, the more experienced he (no shes then) and competent he
was thought to be. The cigarette/cigar ash polish was advanced as an
alternative for the fastidious to use. How times have changed!"
Can you
describe this process of polishing with ashes? I'm having a hard time picturing
it. Are you pouring ashes onto the arc and then rubbing them with your finger,
or do you rub the cigarette/cigar itself, ashen end down, along the
arc?
-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
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