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Re: Left-handed Plath Coutinho Sextant
From: Robert VanderPol II
Date: 2017 Feb 5, 20:30 -0800
From: Robert VanderPol II
Date: 2017 Feb 5, 20:30 -0800
Frank: Technically "Chirality" is a term that only applies in chemistry.
Re: Left-handed Plath Coutinho Sextant
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2017 Feb 5, 17:25 -0800If it's backwards then it's a right-handed sextant. The normal sextant is clearly designed for a left-handed user. At some point in the 19th century, via spontaneous symmetry breaking, the standard design became frozen with the minority chirality. It's the revenge of the southpaw navigator!
