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Re: Bowditch versions
From: Richard B. Emerson
Date: 2001 Jan 29, 5:41 PM
From: Richard B. Emerson
Date: 2001 Jan 29, 5:41 PM
Actually, there's something to be said for locating earlier editions of Bowditch for ehanced tables. The two volume sets from the 60's and 70's have tables not seen in later "penny pinching" editions. Obviously, some material is dated and I would not use these editions as primary sources but they're worth look for. Rick S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35 Geoff Kuenning writes: > > What features, data, cool stuff would one lose if they got the > > Bowditch 1995 versus the 2001 Edition? > > The 1995 version has one really nasty misprint: the table of > navigational stars is missing the last half, so you don't get info on > stars after "H" (or is it constellations after "H"? -- I'm at work and > don't have the time to visit the Web site).