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Re: Sextant with an umbrella
From: Rommel John Miller
Date: 2015 Oct 2, 09:25 -0400
From: Rommel John Miller
Date: 2015 Oct 2, 09:25 -0400
But Frank, given the Sextant book's website explanation, could the "umbrella" be something that makes the sextant a dip measuring device? As such not so much an umbrella, but an additional or extended index mirror to catch rays from behind? On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Tom Mackiewrote: > The uniform appears to be of a WWI US Navy Commander. > > -- Rommel John Miller 25 Nerbay Road Baltimore, MD 21221 443-559-5474 rommeljohnmiller@gmail.com or rommeljmiller@comcast.net