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Atherton's Heliostat
From: W F Jones
Date: 2010 Sep 13, 08:56 -0400
From: W F Jones
Date: 2010 Sep 13, 08:56 -0400
On page 31 in the September issue of "Cruising World" magazine is a brief announcement entitled "Sun Sights: Easier Than the Sextant". It is not clear to me how this device works. Some list members in the UK may know of the inventor, Ted Atherton, a physicist who resides in Wigan, England. My internet searches came back without a single connect. Thanks in advance for sharing information and thoughts about this device. Regards, Frank Jones Rochester, NY