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From: Frank Reed (no email)
Date: Wed Jun 15 2005 - 18:44:23 EDT
I've also noticed that some Plath sextants don't include a little vernier
scale for reading off tenths of minutes. But in practice, I find that this
matters relatively little. I can read to 0.2 minutes (which is as good as it
gets, in my practical experience) with or without the vernier scale.
-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
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