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Subject: Re: sextant use
From: Dan Hogan (dhhogan1@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu Jun 13 2002 - 09:12:34 EDT
My brother-in-law is part owner of Southwest Instrument Company in San Pedro, CA. His biggest
customers of used sextants are interior decorators.
On 13 Jun 2002, at 0:22, Jared Sherman wrote:
> Peter-
> <I imagine some people collect or keep them for other reasons than practical
> ones,>
> It is with great regret that I must comment that sextants are often mounted on
> plaques and presented as awards or "Antiques", in some cases with those
> inconvenient legs and handles cut off. I suspect that is sadly the largest use
> of sextants today.
Dan Hogan WA6PBY
C27 "Gacha"
dhhogan1@XXX.XXX
Nav-L Page: http://www.wa6pby.com
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