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Re: Old sextant
From: Chuck Varney
Date: 2024 Jun 28, 13:58 -0700

David Pike,

The sextant stand (with two pendulous weights) that you asked about provided a means of maintaining the sextant horizontal for taking terrestrial sights.

See, for example: https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-43341

Chuck V.

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