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Re: Drum Sextants

From: Robert Gainer (no email)
Date: Wed Jun 15 2005 - 13:56:55 EDT

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    Mike,
    To do that on any sextant intended for use at sea would be an illusion and
    just a marketing ploy. I think the platform prevents you from observing an
    altitude to that precision.
    Robert Gainer

    >From: Mike Burkes <>
    >Reply-To: Navigation Mailing List <>
    >To:
    >Subject: Drum Sextants
    >Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:18:37 -0700
    >
    >HI folks, In continuing this thread I posed this question a while back
    >regarding the division of the micrometer minute scale into tenths.
    >I have always wondered why super quality sextants like some Plaths and
    >others do not have their minute scales further divided into tenths.
    >I would appreciate any feedback regarding that and thanks much!
    >Mike Burkes

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