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"Floating meridian" practice of navigation
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2004 Aug 23, 19:17 -0300
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2004 Aug 23, 19:17 -0300
There are several fascinating publications at that website, including this one on correcting logged longitudes pre 1854 for the then extant "floating meridian" practice of navigation: http://www.knmi.nl/cliwoc/media/EGU2004-poster.pdf The publications are listed at: http://www.knmi.nl/cliwoc/cliwocpub.htm Jim Thompson jim2@jimthompson.net www.jimthompson.net Outgoing mail scanned by Norton Antivirus -----------------------------------------
