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Re: Drum Sextants
From: Robert Gainer
Date: 2005 Jun 15, 17:56 +0000

Mike,
To do that on any sextant intended for use at sea would be an illusion and
just a marketing ploy. I think the platform prevents you from observing an
altitude to that precision.
Robert Gainer


>From: Mike Burkes 
>Reply-To: Navigation Mailing List 
>To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM
>Subject: Drum Sextants
>Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:18:37 -0700
>
>HI folks, In continuing this thread I posed this question a while back
>regarding the division of the micrometer minute scale into tenths.
>I have always wondered why super quality sextants like some Plaths and
>others do not have their minute scales further divided into tenths.
>I would appreciate any feedback regarding that and thanks much!
>Mike Burkes

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