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Subject: Re: sextant use
From: Robert Eno (enoid@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu Jun 13 2002 - 18:04:52 EDT
Legs and handles cut off of the sextant so that they can be mounted on a
plaque???????
Infidels!!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: Jared Sherman <jared.sherman@XXX.XXX>
To: <NAVIGATION-L@XXX.XXX>
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 12:22 AM
Subject: Re: sextant use
> 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.
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