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    Re: Sextant Terms
    From: Frank Reed
    Date: 2007 Oct 21, 20:24 -0400

    Alex wrote:
    "But still everyone calls all these instruments "sextants"."
    
    And an extreme case is the so-called "Bris sextant" which is a fascinating
    device, of course, but definitely a shift in the meaning of the word --it
    has no arc at all and no limiting range. These days, I think anything that
    can accurately measure angles between celestial objects (or between a
    celestial object and the horizon) will be called a sextant.
    
     -FER
    PS: for anyone in the group who hasn't heard of the Bris sextant, you may
    want to searc the list archive here: www.fer3.com/arc. It's a neat
    pseudo-sextant, and you can make one at home.
    
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