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Re: sounding sextants
From: Bill Morris
Date: 2011 Feb 24, 16:53 -0800
From: Bill Morris
Date: 2011 Feb 24, 16:53 -0800
Patrick posted a picture of a double sextant from C19 by Hughes and Son. They were still making them, of aluminium alloy, in 1953, still with an octagonal handle. See http://sextantbook.com/2009/07/ for details.
Bill Morris
Pukenui
New Zealand
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