And give the Bygrave slide rule a try.
https://sites.google.com/site/fredienoonan/other-flight-navigation-information/modern-bygrave-slide-rule
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--- On Wed, 10/26/11, Patrick Goold <goold@vwc.edu> wrote:
From: Patrick Goold <goold@vwc.edu>
Subject: [NavList] Re: Marean-Kielhorn Director
To: NavList@fer3.com
Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 4:47 PM
Thanks, Greg! It looks like the one on ebay is going to go for at least $90. I wonder how accurate it is and how much easier it is to use than a regular sextant/almanac/tables (not to mention a sextant and a scientific calculator.
Patrick On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Greg Rudzinski <gregrudzinski@yahoo.com> wrote:
Patrick, There is this youtube video showing the same lifeboat sextant. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw34C0sujHU The lucky guy nabbed it for $5.
Greg Rudzinski
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