Friday, February 25, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Never A Sextant begins on a glorious day thirty-five miles off the Nova Scotia coastline.
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In 1904, Ronald Amundsen found the pole again, and it had moved at least 40 miles since the days of Ross. http://ping.fm/Tjqw0
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
James Ross located the north pole for the first time in 1831 after an exhausting arctic journey. http://ping.fm/Lf5Rn
Friday, February 18, 2011
The sextant is a telescope and a moving arm on which the index mirror is fixed. http://ping.fm/V9a0i
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Sir Isaac Newton invented the principle of the doubly reflection navigation equipment used in the sextant. http://ping.fm/oXKbZ
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Never a Sextant investigates an environmental disaster that will reshape the earth to its core. http://ping.fm/bbyzz
Monday, February 7, 2011
Developed in the 17th century, a sextant is a device used to measure the angle between any two visible objects. http://ping.fm/z2XU0
Friday, February 4, 2011
Never a Sextant invites the reader on a journey of mystery, answering questions that will forever change the world. http://ping.fm/79SyP
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