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how many people used the backstaff?
The Oxford English Dictionary famously lists the word davids staff as one of its most egregious own goals. Supposedly the name is simply davis' staff translated to german, and mistranslated back to english from german, by someone unaware of the english term. Should the article mention Davis' staff and/or Davids staff and/or the OED spurious entry? I don't see Davis' staff or Davids staff being redirects into this article... -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 04:51, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What is the relation of Backstaff to the Back observation quadrant? I am not pro on this subject,but am trying to understand. Can this be clarified in some way? LasseS (talk) 11:29, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Backstaff and cross staff are two completely different instruments (see:Willem Frederik Jacob Mörzer Bruyns; Richard Dunn (2009). Sextants at Greenwich: a catalogue of the mariner's quadrants, mariner's astrolabes, cross-staffs, backstaffs, octants, sextants, quintants, reflecting circles and artificial horizons in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Oxford University Press. pp. 72–. ISBN 978-0-19-953254-4. Retrieved 16 September 2011.) All the beatifull aported portuguese references "A balestilha" deal completely about pt:balestilha K. M. Mathew (1988). History of the Portuguese navigation in India, 1497-1600. Mittal Publications. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-81-7099-046-8. Retrieved 16 September 2011. --Mcapdevila (talk) 11:29, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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