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Re: The backstaff. was: Re: The Shovell disaster
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2007 Nov 6, 19:25 -0000
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2007 Nov 6, 19:25 -0000
Perhaps Nicolas can answer this simple question, which has long puzzled me. Why can't the diagonals of such a diagonal scale be drawn simply as exactly radial lines, and then the edge, against which they are read, be angled correspondingly instead? Am I missing something? George. contact George Huxtable at george@huxtable.u-net.com or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222) or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---