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Re: Arg 1 Ww 11 U Boat Navigation Device Ebay Item Number: 370193239339
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2009 May 28, 23:36 -0700
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2009 May 28, 23:36 -0700
The ARG 1 on ebay just sold for $513, GBP 320. gl On May 28, 5:11�am,wrote: > Spreadsheet with plots this time. > > > > The use, as explained by gl and his attachments, is simple. �Set the index > mark on the clear overlay to 90 degrees North. �Put a mark on the overlay at > the body's LHA and Dec. �Rotate the index mark to the observer's Lat, read > Alt and Zn. �That's it! > > Creating the plot involved an interesting side trip to Wolff nets, > crystallography, "East Poles" and projections. �Google image "Wolff net" for > some already made up. �Google web "Wolff net" �for Wolff and diffraction > origins. �Wikipedia has equations; check "stereographic projection". �A > helpful web site was: > > http://journals.iucr.org/iucr-top/comm/cteach/pamphlets/11/node4.html > > A spreadsheet for playing with the projection, and a FORTRAN program to > generate the diagram are attached. > > Attached File: 108425.stereographic.xls (no thumbnail available) > Attached File: 108425.arg2.f (no thumbnail available) > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > �stereographic2.xls > 58KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---