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Re: Paget Angle Sextant for Sale
From: Pierre Vern
Date: 2024 May 13, 08:29 -0700
From: Pierre Vern
Date: 2024 May 13, 08:29 -0700
I have one (n°673), found in France thirty years ago, for a similar price.
This is a very simple sextant used for horizontal angle measurement, for survey, hydrographic work, etc. (in French "navigation par arc capable" - "Inscribed angle" ??).