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Re: Slocum's rudimentary navigational instruments
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2013 Oct 28, 21:36 -0400
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2013 Oct 28, 21:36 -0400
The claim, as I recall, was no chronometer.
On Oct 28, 2013 9:20 PM, "Norm Goldblatt" <ngold@pacbell.net> wrote:
Attached is a photo from Ann Spencer's book on Slocum. Why does the author refer to this as 'rudimentary'. I don't see the tin clock, but everything else seems to be there. Not sure what the empty box to the right of compass is.
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