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Re: Re Re: Dream Choice of Sextant
From: Robert Eno
Date: 2005 Aug 12, 23:37 -0400
From: Robert Eno
Date: 2005 Aug 12, 23:37 -0400
Flattery will get you everywhere Bruce. Thanks for
the kind thoughts. Does this mean that there will be a
titanium sextant under the tree this December ;-)
Now I will have to live up to your accolades and
start doing some lunars this winter!
Robert
----- Original Message -----From: Bruce StarkSent: Friday, August 12, 2005 11:39 AMSubject: Re Re: Dream Choice of SextantSomeone else will have to throw cold water on Robert's titanium sextant dream. Never had anything to do with titanium myself.
I've had a special respect for Eno since the1990's, when we first corresponded. He was so keen he was taking his sextant and artificial horizon out in the sub-arctic winter nights to get observations. He must be a savvy outdoorsman, because he did it all without losing a single finger to the cold. Also, Robert was among the first to use my "Tables for Clearing the Lunar Distance," and wrote a helpful "Field Assessment" of them for the "Navigator's Newsletter."
Bruce