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Re: A strange addition to a sextant
From: Jackson McDonald
Date: 2020 Jan 4, 22:08 +0000
From: Jackson McDonald
Date: 2020 Jan 4, 22:08 +0000
My C&P sextant has the same feature.
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Sent: Saturday, January 4, 2020 16:16
To: jacksonmcdonald@hotmail.com <jacksonmcdonald@hotmail.com>
Subject: [NavList] A strange addition to a sextant
Sent: Saturday, January 4, 2020 16:16
To: jacksonmcdonald@hotmail.com <jacksonmcdonald@hotmail.com>
Subject: [NavList] A strange addition to a sextant
I am attaching two photos of a C&P sextant that has an additonal dial on the altitude adjustment knob. It appears that with this device you can "zero out" the I.C. instead of adjusting the mirror.
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