http://nickt.com/2008/12/05/bedouin-star-lore/ killing time with travel, technology & land rovers... Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://nickt.com/2008/12/05/bedouin-star-lore/comment-page-1/#comment-91 idris Mon, 25 May 2009 22:01:32 +0000 http://nickt.com/?p=364#comment-91 Indeed, such matters as navigation by where stars set and rise, and the us of the Capuchin dial & the astrolabe as a nocturnal compass is of ancient usage, even tho an eye accustomed to its latitude can get by well without such obvious aids, using fingers and hands for measuring altitude and azimuth [al-samt] Indeed, such matters as navigation by where stars set and rise, and the us of the Capuchin dial & the astrolabe as a nocturnal compass is of ancient usage, even tho an eye accustomed to its latitude can get by well without such obvious aids, using fingers and hands for measuring altitude and azimuth [al-samt]

]]> http://nickt.com/2008/12/05/bedouin-star-lore/comment-page-1/#comment-69 idris Mon, 25 May 2009 15:01:32 +0000 http://nickt.com/?p=364#comment-69 Indeed, such matters as navigation by where stars set and rise, and the us of the Capuchin dial & the astrolabe as a nocturnal compass is of ancient usage, even tho an eye accustomed to its latitude can get by well without such obvious aids, using fingers and hands for measuring altitude and azimuth [al-samt] Indeed, such matters as navigation by where stars set and rise, and the us of the Capuchin dial & the astrolabe as a nocturnal compass is of ancient usage, even tho an eye accustomed to its latitude can get by well without such obvious aids, using fingers and hands for measuring altitude and azimuth [al-samt]

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