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Originally Posted by Farmer John
A vernier sextant was sold recently in a local saleroom, it was a real one, not one of the toys,made £80 and it had a heap of bits (scopes etc) with it. Is that about normal? I almost wish I had bought it, but one more bid and who knows where it ends.
I couldn't see any way to read Lat and Long directly from the scale, but Who knows.
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Only in films could you do that.
All a sextant does is measure an angle between two objects.
After that the magic happens, requiring paper, pencil, rubber and a big books of tables.