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Re: Bris sextant II
From: Nels Tomlinson
Date: 2004 Nov 4, 01:12 +1500
From: Nels Tomlinson
Date: 2004 Nov 4, 01:12 +1500
Here is a clearer explanation (to me at least), and easier to read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sextant#The_.22Bris.22_Sextant It looks like a clever idea for sun sights. Wikipedia says it's made of microscope slides, and I suspect that we could make them to play with easily enough. A bit of string through a ``calibrated'' stick would make a compact cross-staff, but this is way more compact than that. Nels On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 16:48:11 -0800, Royer, Dougwrote: > The 2nd link didn't work. > Here's another: > http://cassens-plath.de/catalog/sextantse.html > > When you get to this site click on the sris Emergency sextant heading.You > may have to translate the text as it is in a Germanic language. >