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Hence we find him first making brass scales, parallel-rulers and quadrants. By the end of one month in this department he was able to finish a Hadley quadrant. From this he proceeded to azimuth compasses, brass sectors, theodolites, and other delicate instruments.
For a moment he was busy with dividers and parallel-rulers; when he raised his head his eyes were alight with a curiously restrained excitement. "Rather interesting," he said, and passed the paper to the Navigator who read it in turn and grinned like a schoolboy. "They have probably caught a raiding party in the mist, sir," he said, and bent over the chart.
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