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Just joined the list. I did a lot of star sights as USN navigator in 1960s 
(and a few more thereafter until sextants pretty much disappeared from USN 
bridges). Presently an amateur student of history of navigation and 
navigating instruments, and collector of old instruments.
I'm also the moderator of another list (or group) in a subject area closely 
related to that of navigation-l. This is the group Sextants hosted on Yahoo! 
Groups. (Nothing to do with Yahoo! -- they just provide place for such 
things.)
The group isn't restricted to sextants; it also deals other instruments for 
measuring visual dihedral angles at sea, aloft, or in the field; the use of 
such instruments for navigation, surveying, and like purposes; and other 
related matters including marine and air navigation, surveying, and the 
industry and technology that produced these instruments. Everyone is welcome 
to post information and questions regarding history, specific instruments, 
sales, wants, etc.
Naturally, there's a certain overlap in subject matter with navigation-l. 
Sextants runs a bit more to history, however.
One reason I set it up as a Yahoo! group in the first place is that it allows 
storage of archival material, including documents, images, etc. Sextants has 
e-copies of a number of important articles on sextant history, a bibliography 
of materials relating to sextants, and pix of some instruments owned by 
members.
Membership is open (and it's easy to  if you decide it's not for you). Most 
people use the Web interface, at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sextants
You can also treat it like a list. Send message to
Sextants-subscribe@XXX.XXX
There are about 100 members and the traffic volume isn't going to overwhelm anyone, I'm pretty sure.
If you are not already registered with Yahoo! Groups for some other purpose, 
you will be asked to sign up. They will want some information, of which only 
your e-mail address actually has to be correct. There is no other way to get 
access to this group except via Yahoo! Groups.
If you have any questions, just send me an e-mail: will.oneil@XXX.XXX
Will O'Neil

   

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