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Getting Started in Celestial Navigation (The Marine Sextant)
Getting Started in Celestial Navigation (The Marine Sextant)
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Celestial Navigation: Sextant Basics
Celestial Navigation: Sextant BasicsCelestial Navigation: Sextant Basics
Description of the celestial navigation sextant components and how it works; adjusting mirrors; selecting sun shades; determining index error; and shooting t...
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Calibrating and Using A Sextant
Calibrating and Using A SextantCalibrating and Using A Sextant
A 15 minute video that shows how to calibrate a sextant and use a sextant to take a celestial shot using both a true and artificial horizon.
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Herbie Hancock - Sextant [FULL ALBUM] [HQ]
Herbie Hancock - Sextant [FULL ALBUM] [HQ]Herbie Hancock - Sextant [FULL ALBUM] [HQ]
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Celestial Navigation Math
Celestial Navigation MathCelestial Navigation Math
TabletClass.com - http://www.tabletclass.com Math. This video explains the basics of how math is used in celestial navigation. When people first started to n...
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Getting a Fix - with a Sextant
Getting a Fix - with a SextantGetting a Fix - with a Sextant
Tom Cunliffe shows you how to get a fix with a sextant.
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How to use a sextant: Wikipedia animation
How to use a sextant: Wikipedia animationHow to use a sextant: Wikipedia animation
The original file can be found at: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Using_sextant_swing.gif File information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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How to use a sextant
How to use a sextantHow to use a sextant
A short video explaining how to use a home made sextant.
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Sextant, Basic Description and Use
Sextant, Basic Description and UseSextant, Basic Description and Use
A description and explanation of the function and use of the nautical marine sextant. This video should be watched before the videos on celestial navigation ...
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How To Build A Homemade Sextant
How To Build A Homemade SextantHow To Build A Homemade Sextant
How To Build A Homemade Sextant You will need: Scissors; Protractor; a 4”x 6” note card (w/ lines); a straw (at least 6” w/o bend); tape; a jumbo paper clip;...
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Celestial Navigation, Sextant to Sight Form to fix.
Celestial Navigation, Sextant to Sight Form to fix.Celestial Navigation, Sextant to Sight Form to fix.
Celestial Navigation takes you to correct the sextant, to the sight form to the Nautical Almanac to sight calculation table 229 to the plot fix on the chart....
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Sextant : comment faire la visée
Sextant : comment faire la viséeSextant : comment faire la visée
Comment faire une visée au sextant. Plus d'infos ? : infos@navastro.fr.
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2:43Shackleton: Death Or Glory: Navigation With Sextant
Shackleton: Death Or Glory: Navigation With SextantShackleton: Death Or Glory: Navigation With Sextant
Getting to grips with old methods of navigation is proving to be really tricky. If the team miss South Georgia then they will be blown out into 3000 miles of open ocean. Subscribe to Discovery TV for more great clips: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=DiscoveryTV Follow Discovery on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/DiscoveryUK
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7:55How To Get The Sextant, Chart, And Watch On RuneScape.
How To Get The Sextant, Chart, And Watch On RuneScape.How To Get The Sextant, Chart, And Watch On RuneScape.
this is a guide video showing you how to get the sextant, chart, and watch to do medium and hard clues, this is mainly for RuneScape 2007, with everyone doin...
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Getting Started in Celestial Navigation (The Marine Sextant)
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- Duration: 7:52
- Updated: 16 Aug 2013
This video is part 1 of the "Getting Started in Celestial Navigation" video series. Part 1 of "Getting Started in Celestial Navigation," (The Marine Sextant)...
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This video is part 1 of the "Getting Started in Celestial Navigation" video series. Part 1 of "Getting Started in Celestial Navigation," (The Marine Sextant)...
- published: 06 Apr 2013
- views: 3669
- author: NavigationTraining
Celestial Navigation: Sextant Basics
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 36:49
- Updated: 18 Aug 2013
Description of the celestial navigation sextant components and how it works; adjusting mirrors; selecting sun shades; determining index error; and shooting t...
http://wn.com/Celestial_Navigation_Sextant_Basics
Description of the celestial navigation sextant components and how it works; adjusting mirrors; selecting sun shades; determining index error; and shooting t...
- published: 15 Jun 2013
- views: 1229
- author: mdschoolofsailing
Calibrating and Using A Sextant
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 14:34
- Updated: 18 Aug 2013
A 15 minute video that shows how to calibrate a sextant and use a sextant to take a celestial shot using both a true and artificial horizon.
http://wn.com/Calibrating_and_Using_A_Sextant
A 15 minute video that shows how to calibrate a sextant and use a sextant to take a celestial shot using both a true and artificial horizon.
- published: 25 Jan 2013
- views: 7032
- author: James Cook
Herbie Hancock - Sextant [FULL ALBUM] [HQ]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 39:11
- Updated: 18 Aug 2013
MESSAGE ME REQUESTS If you like the album I strongly suggest buying it.
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MESSAGE ME REQUESTS If you like the album I strongly suggest buying it.
- published: 09 Sep 2012
- views: 60792
- author: YourJazz Fix
Celestial Navigation Math
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:10
- Updated: 16 Aug 2013
TabletClass.com - http://www.tabletclass.com Math. This video explains the basics of how math is used in celestial navigation. When people first started to n...
http://wn.com/Celestial_Navigation_Math
TabletClass.com - http://www.tabletclass.com Math. This video explains the basics of how math is used in celestial navigation. When people first started to n...
- published: 05 Sep 2012
- views: 12666
- author: tabletclass
Getting a Fix - with a Sextant
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- Duration: 8:55
- Updated: 03 Aug 2013
Tom Cunliffe shows you how to get a fix with a sextant.
http://wn.com/Getting_a_Fix_with_a_Sextant
Tom Cunliffe shows you how to get a fix with a sextant.
- published: 22 Jun 2009
- views: 23261
- author: YachtingMonthly
How to use a sextant: Wikipedia animation
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:21
- Updated: 23 Jul 2013
The original file can be found at: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Using_sextant_swing.gif File information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
http://wn.com/How_to_use_a_sextant_Wikipedia_animation
The original file can be found at: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Using_sextant_swing.gif File information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
- published: 03 Oct 2010
- views: 61060
- author: wan052
How to use a sextant
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:31
- Updated: 11 Jul 2013
A short video explaining how to use a home made sextant.
http://wn.com/How_to_use_a_sextant
A short video explaining how to use a home made sextant.
- published: 13 Aug 2012
- views: 5533
- author: schlechtsquared
Sextant, Basic Description and Use
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 20:07
- Updated: 12 Aug 2013
A description and explanation of the function and use of the nautical marine sextant. This video should be watched before the videos on celestial navigation ...
http://wn.com/Sextant,_Basic_Description_and_Use
A description and explanation of the function and use of the nautical marine sextant. This video should be watched before the videos on celestial navigation ...
- published: 07 Dec 2012
- views: 2915
- author: ckreitlein
How To Build A Homemade Sextant
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:40
- Updated: 06 Aug 2013
How To Build A Homemade Sextant You will need: Scissors; Protractor; a 4”x 6” note card (w/ lines); a straw (at least 6” w/o bend); tape; a jumbo paper clip;...
http://wn.com/How_To_Build_A_Homemade_Sextant
How To Build A Homemade Sextant You will need: Scissors; Protractor; a 4”x 6” note card (w/ lines); a straw (at least 6” w/o bend); tape; a jumbo paper clip;...
- published: 03 Dec 2012
- views: 3151
- author: Sophie O
Celestial Navigation, Sextant to Sight Form to fix.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 39:10
- Updated: 09 Aug 2013
Celestial Navigation takes you to correct the sextant, to the sight form to the Nautical Almanac to sight calculation table 229 to the plot fix on the chart....
http://wn.com/Celestial_Navigation,_Sextant_to_Sight_Form_to_fix
Celestial Navigation takes you to correct the sextant, to the sight form to the Nautical Almanac to sight calculation table 229 to the plot fix on the chart....
- published: 07 Apr 2012
- views: 10468
- author: navtec333
Sextant : comment faire la visée
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:31
- Updated: 03 Aug 2013
Comment faire une visée au sextant. Plus d'infos ? : infos@navastro.fr.
http://wn.com/Sextant_comment_faire_la_visée
Comment faire une visée au sextant. Plus d'infos ? : infos@navastro.fr.
- published: 01 Oct 2011
- views: 6193
- author: navastro
Shackleton: Death Or Glory: Navigation With Sextant
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:43
- Updated: 31 Oct 2013
Getting to grips with old methods of navigation is proving to be really tricky. If the team miss South Georgia then they will be blown out into 3000 miles of open ocean.
Subscribe to Discovery TV for more great clips:
http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=DiscoveryTV
Follow Discovery on Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/DiscoveryUK
http://wn.com/Shackleton_Death_Or_Glory_Navigation_With_Sextant
Getting to grips with old methods of navigation is proving to be really tricky. If the team miss South Georgia then they will be blown out into 3000 miles of open ocean.
Subscribe to Discovery TV for more great clips:
http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=DiscoveryTV
Follow Discovery on Twitter:
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- published: 31 Oct 2013
- views: 1150
How To Get The Sextant, Chart, And Watch On RuneScape.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:55
- Updated: 11 Aug 2013
this is a guide video showing you how to get the sextant, chart, and watch to do medium and hard clues, this is mainly for RuneScape 2007, with everyone doin...
http://wn.com/How_To_Get_The_Sextant,_Chart,_And_Watch_On_RuneScape
this is a guide video showing you how to get the sextant, chart, and watch to do medium and hard clues, this is mainly for RuneScape 2007, with everyone doin...
- published: 09 Mar 2013
- views: 6945
- author: ZanroOnRS
[Runescape] How to get watch,sextant and chart
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- Duration: 6:53
- Updated: 11 Aug 2013
This video will show you how to get 3 items for clue scroll 1) Watch 2) Sextant 3) Navigation Chart Songs you heard in video: 1) Real 2 Real - i like to move...
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This video will show you how to get 3 items for clue scroll 1) Watch 2) Sextant 3) Navigation Chart Songs you heard in video: 1) Real 2 Real - i like to move...
- published: 18 Jun 2010
- views: 67985
- author: harypjonas10
"Sextant"
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:02
- Updated: 10 Aug 2013
lol...sextant....heh heh...
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How to ACTUALLY get a sextant, Chart, and Watch on RuneScape plus hard clue reward
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- Duration: 9:43
- Updated: 31 Jul 2013
hey guys i was trying to obtain these 3 items for "A Void Dance" and i could not find a actual good video explaining it, i hope this helps you out, Enjoy!
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hey guys i was trying to obtain these 3 items for "A Void Dance" and i could not find a actual good video explaining it, i hope this helps you out, Enjoy!
- published: 14 Oct 2012
- views: 3023
- author: Gamerducky1
how to obtain sextant / watch and chart runescape 2007
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- Duration: 4:06
- Updated: 14 Aug 2013
U HAVE TO HAVE A CLUE IN UR INVEN TO OBTAIN ITEMS STOP ASKING :D hope this was usefull :)
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U HAVE TO HAVE A CLUE IN UR INVEN TO OBTAIN ITEMS STOP ASKING :D hope this was usefull :)
- published: 04 Mar 2013
- views: 7341
- author: joeskoen
Sextant Davis Mark 15
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- Duration: 3:31
- Updated: 07 Mar 2013
Description technique du sextant Davis Mark 15. Plus d'infos : infos@navastro.fr.
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Description technique du sextant Davis Mark 15. Plus d'infos : infos@navastro.fr.
- published: 21 Jul 2011
- views: 3937
- author: navastro
Mikrotik RouterBoard Sextant 5HnD QUICK UNBOXING & SPECIFICATIONS HD
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- Duration: 1:09
- Updated: 21 Apr 2013
Mikrotik RouterBoard Sextant 5HnD (RBSEXTANT5HND)
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Mikrotik RouterBoard Sextant 5HnD (RBSEXTANT5HND)
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- published: 21 Apr 2013
- views: 277
Sextant Astra IIIB
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:23
- Updated: 09 Jun 2013
Description technique du sextant Astra IIIB - Plus d'infos ? : infos@navastro.fr.
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Description technique du sextant Astra IIIB - Plus d'infos ? : infos@navastro.fr.
- published: 11 Sep 2009
- views: 11783
- author: navastro
NanoBracket SEXTANT - 3-Axis Positioning System
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- Duration: 1:00
- Updated: 01 Jul 2013
NanoBracket SEXTANT is designed for simple, fast and easy installation of RouterBoard SEXTANT on the pole or on the wall. New 3-Axis Positioning System enabl...
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NanoBracket SEXTANT is designed for simple, fast and easy installation of RouterBoard SEXTANT on the pole or on the wall. New 3-Axis Positioning System enabl...
- published: 15 Jan 2013
- views: 952
- author: RFelementscom
Mark 25 Sextant
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- Duration: 2:54
- Updated: 25 Jul 2013
Accurate, lightweight and affordable An affordable sextant just half the weight of comparable instruments with metal frames, therefore easier to hold steady ...
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Accurate, lightweight and affordable An affordable sextant just half the weight of comparable instruments with metal frames, therefore easier to hold steady ...
- published: 16 Dec 2008
- views: 7257
- author: West Marine
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26 Jan 2014
CHICAGO -- Benson Henderson wants his title back. He took another step toward it Saturday night. UFC's No. 1 lightweight contender won a split decision over Josh Thomson in the five-round main event of the UFC on Fox 10. The 30-year-old's speed and stamina were too much for his opponent before a crowd of 10,895 at the United Center. Also Photo. Benson Henderson, Josh Thomson ... He strongly disagreed with the decision ... 1, No ... Comments. 0 ... ....(size: 7.9Kb)
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27 Jan 2014
Former NSA contractor tells a German broadcaster that the US agency would collect intelligence from foreign companies that had no national defense value. by. The National Security Agency's headquarters in Ft. Meade, Maryland, in an undated file photo. (Credit. NSA) ... "There is no question that the US is engaged in economic spying," Snowden told ARD, according to a account of the interview ... Related stories ... Topics. , Tags. , , ... Apple Byte ... ....(size: 3.9Kb)
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Herald Tribune
28 Jan 2014
The B-17 Flying Fortress bomber shook and shimmied. The smell of gas fumes filled the interior. The plane lurched, it roared, it swayed down the runway until its wheels left the ground and the air rushed through the narrow walkway running between .50-caliber machine guns and bombs stacked in the bay ... Mills still wears his watch on the inside of his wrist from his days of timing the readings of the sextant in a B-17. It's a small thing ... ....(size: 5.0Kb)
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The Hindu
26 Jan 2014
Within two months, we have received from Japan, first that rare, and symbolically greatest, gesture, the visit of Their Imperial Majesties, then the Defence Minister’s, and now, the Premier’s ... Formally, we have so many ‘strategic partners,’ the term has lost meaning, but Japan surely could give it solid contents ... Since its end, all countries have been at sea, casting around for some new sextant to guide them....(size: 8.5Kb)
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The Charlotte Observer
25 Jan 2014
RALEIGH Scientists from Texas State University have pinpointed not just the day but the precise minute depicted in one of the finest paintings by the Impressionist master Claude Monet – a painting that just happens to hang in the N.C. Museum of Art. The moment caught in “The Cliff, Étretat ... Not so with the Monet ... They brought along high-tech and low-tech instruments, including a sextant and a laser rangefinder ... 7, 1883....(size: 6.7Kb)
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The News & Observer
25 Jan 2014
RALEIGH — Scientists from Texas State University have pinpointed not just the day but the precise minute depicted in one of the finest paintings by the Impressionist master Claude Monet – a painting that just happens to hang in the N.C. Museum of Art. The moment caught in “The Cliff, Étretat ... Not so with the Monet ... They brought along high-tech and low-tech instruments, including a sextant and a laser rangefinder....(size: 6.6Kb)
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24 Jan 2014HKU Faculty of Dentistry finds dental erosion common among Hong Kong’s 12-year-olds (The University of Hong Kong)
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(Source. The University of Hong Kong) HKU Faculty of Dentistry finds dental erosion common among Hong Kong's 12-year-olds. 24 Jan 2014. Oral check-ups of a representative sample of 12-year-old children showed low rates of tooth decay but high rates of early erosion ... The findings lead the research team to recommend ... When the mouth was examined as six regions (sextants), the average number of regions showing any dental erosion was 1.6....(size: 6.1Kb)
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The Examiner
22 Jan 2014
Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas in Nassau, one of the largest and most visited SCUBA destinations in the world, assisted with filming the new Robert Redford film, ALL IS LOST. Stuart Cove himself actually doubled as Mr ... Cove explains ... Using only a sextant and nautical maps to chart his progress, he is forced to rely on ocean currents to carry him into a shipping lane in hopes of hailing a passing vessel ... ....(size: 2.2Kb)
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Huffington Post
22 Jan 2014
So, no Oscar for Robert Redford this year?. Big deal. I just saw All Is Lost last night. I don't see movies in theaters too much anymore--yes, I'm one of those people. Now that I'm older, I'm all about the movie itself ... Think it though. This one was hard to watch ... All that ... He steered his course toward a life he could be proud of as deftly as the protagonist in All is Lost steered that raft into the shipping lane with that survival sextant ... ....(size: 4.6Kb)
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China Daily
13 Jan 2014
According to Zhang, a staff member at the Humen Opium War Museum in Guangdong province, the relics include 41 physical artifacts ......(size: 0.7Kb)
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11 Jan 2014
Tom King discusses search for Amelia Earhart's aircraft, video courtesy of TIGHAR. Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared over the Pacific in 1937. What happened to them? ... 1. They crashed at sea;. 2 ... 3 ... When the U.S ... · In 1940, they found human bones -- thirteen of them, near the south end of the island, associated with the remains of a man's shoe, a woman's shoe, a sextant box, and a few other artifacts ... · When U.S ... Like ... ....(size: 7.5Kb)
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York Press
07 Jan 2014
100 years ago ... She said that at a school in Yorkshire the boys and girls had reclaimed an extensive kitchen garden from the inhospitable moorland and trenched and drained it. In one corner of the garden was a complete observatory, consisting of a rain gauge, barometer, thermometer, wind measures and a sextant, all home-made ... ... ....(size: 1.5Kb)
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The Los Angeles Times
03 Jan 2014
"Chasing Shackleton" (PBS, Wednesdays) ... (After which three of them traveled on foot for 36 hours across mountains and glaciers to reach the whaling station on the island's other side.) They steered by sextant and ate the same subsistence slop as did their unlucky forebears, who would have eaten energy bars and oranges if they could have ... "I am prepared to lose digits," Jarvis declares at one icy juncture ... robert.lloyd@latimes.com ... 0 ... ....(size: 9.2Kb)
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The Daily Telegraph
28 Dec 2013
Collectables. Technology. Mechanical pen that charts the stars. An ingenious Caran d'Ache instrument that mechanically plots the movement of the heavens. By Ken Kessler. December 28, 2013 09.00. Caran d'Ache's Caelograph pen. Enlarge. Caran d'Ache's Caelograph pen ... But that’s computers for you. Caran d’Ache’s Caelograph pen is more impressive when you appreciate that it maps the cosmos mechanically ... What’s next? A sextant that writes? ... Devialet....(size: 4.9Kb)
A sextant is an instrument used to measure the angle between any two visible objects. Its primary use is to determine the angle between a celestial object and the horizon which is known as the object's altitude. Making this measurement is known as sighting the object, shooting the object, or taking a sight and it is an essential part of celestial navigation. The angle, and the time when it was measured, can be used to calculate a position line on a nautical or aeronautical chart. Common uses of the sextant include sighting the sun at solar noon and sighting Polaris at night, to find one's latitude (in northern latitudes). A sextant can also be held horizontally to measure the angle between any two landmarks which allows for calculation of a position on a chart. A sextant can also be used to measure the Lunar distance between the moon and another celestial object (e.g., star, planet) in order to determine Greenwich time which is important because it can then be used to determine the longitude.
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Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound. He was one of the first jazz musicians to embrace music synthesizers and funk music (characterized by syncopated drum beats). Hancock's music is often melodic and accessible; he has had many songs "cross over" and achieved success among pop audiences. His music embraces elements of funk and soul while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz. In his jazz improvisation, he possesses a unique creative blend of jazz, blues, and modern classical music, with harmonic stylings much like the styles of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.
Hancock's best-known solo works include "Cantaloupe Island", "Watermelon Man" (later performed by dozens of musicians, including bandleader Mongo Santamaría), "Maiden Voyage", "Chameleon", and the singles "I Thought It Was You" and "Rockit". His 2007 tribute album River: The Joni Letters won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, only the second jazz album ever to win the award after Getz/Gilberto in 1965.
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