[Nml] reason for using the term sextant "shot"?
Subject: [Nml] reason for using the term sextant "shot"?
From: Russell Sher (rsher@XXX.XXX)
Date: Wed Jan 06 1999 - 01:53:50 EST
Hi - some time ago I came across the reason for the term "shot" as in "noon
shot" etc. - Does anyone know ? I believe that it is because the early
navigation tools eg. cross staff resembled a bow. Does anyone know more on
this?
Russell
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