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Re: New Sextant : What books?
From: Roger M. Derby
Date: 2000 Nov 08, 1:39 PM
From: Roger M. Derby
Date: 2000 Nov 08, 1:39 PM
May I recommend you get hold of a copy of Bruce Bauer's book "The Sextant Handbook". Besides all the interesting stuff about how to adjust, repair, and use them, he has an excellent section on locating a good used instrument at a reasonable price. Roger ----- Original Message ----- From "Steve Studley"To: Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 3:22 PM Subject: [NAV-L] New Sextant : What books? > Found an Ogawa Seiki Co OSK 3332 micrometer sextant advertised in local > reselling paper for $300. > Now that I have it, I would like recommendation for 'best' books to get > started with. The last nav course I took was in '73. > My memory has pretty well taken a hike for that class. Any help will be > appreciated. > >