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Re: What is this?
From: Greg R_
Date: 2006 May 21, 09:47 -0700
> I hope Nav-L is still alive though it lives its last days:-(
>
> This e-bay listing
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Kelvin-Hughes-Sextant-1956_W0QQitemZ7416573557QQcategoryZ66638QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
> shows a sextant with a strange attachment in front of its
> horizon mirror. The top right picture shows it attached,
> and the bottom left picture shows the attachment itself
> (on the right). What is this?
> It does not look like a bubble horizon to me.
>
> Alex
From: Greg R_
Date: 2006 May 21, 09:47 -0700
Alex wrote:
> What is this?
> It does not look like a bubble horizon to me.
> It does not look like a bubble horizon to me.
And interestingly enough, the Kelvin-Hughes
website doesn't seem to have any info on their sextants:
Found Links: 0, Search Category: "Entire
Site"
--
GregR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexandre E Eremenko" <eremenko@MATH.PURDUE.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 4:53 AM
Subject: What is this?
>
> This e-bay listing
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Kelvin-Hughes-Sextant-1956_W0QQitemZ7416573557QQcategoryZ66638QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
> shows a sextant with a strange attachment in front of its
> horizon mirror. The top right picture shows it attached,
> and the bottom left picture shows the attachment itself
> (on the right). What is this?
> It does not look like a bubble horizon to me.
>
> Alex
