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Re: Box Sextant and "Natural Tangents to a Base of 100"?
From: UNK
Date: 2012 Feb 20, 10:37 -0800
From: UNK
Date: 2012 Feb 20, 10:37 -0800
Sorry. I wrongfully accused Hughes & Sons, London of making a mistake when I said Tan 84.17 x 100 should have been 979. The entry was for 84 Deg 17' and the value of that x 100 is 999. My bad.
I'll also include my entire source for the Box sextant - The Smithsonian - attached.
Regards, Noell
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