NavList:
A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
Re: Interesting ebay find: Plath suncompass - cira WWII
From: Bill B
Date: 2014 Sep 24, 15:47 -0400
From: Bill B
Date: 2014 Sep 24, 15:47 -0400
On 9/24/2014 10:51 AM, Gary LaPook wrote: > When I first looked at the photo (and it was clear that it wasn't set > properly) it looked to me that the fork that holds the clock mechanism > was tall enough so that the clock with its dome could be turned upside > down for it to be used in the southern hemisphere and that would make > the alidade rotate counter-clockwise. Would it not not be, by default, "upside down" if taken to the southern hemisphere? Apologies Gary, I could not resist. ;-)
