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Re: Charts
From: Mike Burkes
Date: 2009 Jan 23, 11:20 -0800
From: Mike Burkes
Date: 2009 Jan 23, 11:20 -0800
Hi Doug, Sorry for late reply I may have what you need:"Mariner's Atlas Long Island Sound and the South Shore" by A P Balder,1989 ISBN; 0-930151-07-0. I probablydid not answer your question having no website and only 20 yrs old! Let me know. Mike Burkes On Jan 19, 1:00�pm, DougS78864wrote: > Does anyone know of a website that has scans of old charts of a coastal region on Long Island, NY? �I'm only talking about going back 40 to 70 years in order to see when a ship wreck is first shown on a chart. > > Doug > > In a message dated 01/19/09 15:20:37 Eastern Standard Time, geo...@hux.me.uk writes: > > The attached picture should answer Clive's worry about the difficulty of > reading a 24-hour clock. This clock has stood at a gate of the Royal > Observatory, Greenwich, for over 150 years. It's actually an early electric > "repeater" from a master clock. > > In my view, the only problem about reading it is in the multiplicity of Is, > Vs, and Xs that are called for by the use of Roman numerals. If ordinary > numerals had been used, it would have been much clearer. > > It relates, a bit, to earlier discussion, in that the moment of passing 24 > hours must have been changed, at some date, from midday to midnight. > Probably when Greenwich time changed, at the start of 1924. > > Note that at the very top mark, the dial is not labelled XXIV (=24), but 0, > something that all our 12-hour dials could usefully follow. > > George. > > contact George Huxtable, at �geo...@hux.me.uk > or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222) > or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---