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Re: WWII bubble sextants and radium
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2018 Apr 16, 17:16 -0700
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2018 Apr 16, 17:16 -0700
In 2009 I brought my Tamaya with me to Europe since I was joining the Royal Clipper in Lisbon. I went through several countries that asked tme to explain what it was except Portugal where the guy recognized it with no explanation, the legacy of Prince Henry the Navigator. I had a completely different experience with an aeronautical sextant:
http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/Radium-illumination-LaPook-sep-2010-g13736
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