A sextant used in the rescue of Titanic survivors will be sold at auction in the U.K. later this month. The sextant belonged to Sir Arthur Rostron, captain of the rescue ship Carpathia, who was one of ...
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There's nothing mystical or complicated about a sextant. All it is is a device that measures the angle between two objects. The sextant makes use of two mirrors. With this sextant, one of the mirrors ...
A sextant is the antique version of a GPS. And in his basement workshop, Ridge White is one of the few people in the world still servicing and repairing the instruments. “Sarah,” a replica of an ...
Sir Arthur Rostron used the navigational sextant to locate survivors of the Titanic A sextant used at sea in the race to rescue survivors of the Titanic has sold at auction for £66,000. The navigation ...
Quartermaster 3rd Class Craig Warner uses a navigational instrument on the USS Rushmore in the Pacific Ocean on Nov. 26, 2015. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Chelsea Milburn/U.S. Navy) The Feb. 18 Economy & ...