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    Re: Peculiar box sextant
    From: Luc Van den Borre
    Date: 2022 Sep 21, 12:43 +0200

    On 21/09/2022 02:30, Geoff Hitchcox wrote:
    > It was fun tracking it down, and I found the manual (attached below).
    
    This is very interesting. Now we can get to the bottom of how this 0-180
    gadget works.
    
    The manual succinctly explains the instrument can be used with daylight
    or light from a glowbulb. This may result in color fringing along the
    line to be measured. The 'compensator' can be turned to reduce the
    fringing and get a sharp line (page 5, 'Messung').
    
    Attached is an image of the inside of the instrument (from a current
    eBay auction). You can see the gears to turn the compensator on the
    bronze assembly.
    
    Luc
    

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