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Re: Drum Sextants
From: Robert Gainer
Date: 2005 Jun 15, 17:56 +0000
From: Robert Gainer
Date: 2005 Jun 15, 17:56 +0000
Mike, To do that on any sextant intended for use at sea would be an illusion and just a marketing ploy. I think the platform prevents you from observing an altitude to that precision. Robert Gainer >From: Mike Burkes>Reply-To: Navigation Mailing List >To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM >Subject: Drum Sextants >Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:18:37 -0700 > >HI folks, In continuing this thread I posed this question a while back >regarding the division of the micrometer minute scale into tenths. >I have always wondered why super quality sextants like some Plaths and >others do not have their minute scales further divided into tenths. >I would appreciate any feedback regarding that and thanks much! >Mike Burkes _________________________________________________________________ Don�t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/