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Re: Historical question
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Oct 23, 11:35 -0500
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2004 Oct 23, 11:35 -0500
George, This is the "online edition" from Mystic Seaport collection, 9-th edition (1828). The passage I refer to is on p. 223, last paragraph; in the chapter "Of taking longitude by observation". On Sat, 23 Oct 2004, George Huxtable wrote: > Thanks to Alex Eremenko for digging out the following gem frem Norie's. > > >the following method by which one person can take a set of > >observations without assistants: HAVING A GOOD QUADRANT TO TAKE > >THE ALTITUDES AND A SEXTANT TO OBSERVE THE DISTANCES..." > > What edition of Norie was that in? In my 1900 edition, Alex.
