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Re: Baffled by Baffin
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2005 Dec 9, 20:56 EST
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2005 Dec 9, 20:56 EST
George H, you wrote: "Yes, a "makeshift Royal Observatory", in Frank's words, could have been useful for Baffin's mapping, but the time wasn't ripe for it then." Yes, alas that's true. I was thinking more in terms of a "what if" here, George. IF European astronomy had devoted more effort to precision naked eye observatories, then the idea of observing simultaneous with exploration voyages might have seemed more obvious. It would have worked much better than comparing with the relatively poor ephemeris calculations available at that date. -FER 42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W. www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
