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Early days of noon-sights...
From: Russell Sher
Date: 1999 Jan 22, 01:13 EST
From: Russell Sher
Date: 1999 Jan 22, 01:13 EST
I am curious to know; In the early days of parallel sailing and relying almost exclusively on the noon-sight, Where did early navigators obtain a table of declinations? Was this perpetual or was it renewed annually? Russell =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@XXX.XXX: =-= =-= navigation =-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=