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From: Brad Morris
Date: 2010 Mar 4, 11:57 -0500
Interesting additionally, in that it explicitly advocates star to star observations for determination of sextant errors.
Refer to
Star to Star Discussion, here on the list! ;-)
Best Regards
Brad
From: navlist-bounce@fer3.com [mailto:navlist-bounce@fer3.com]
On Behalf Of Douglas Denny
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 5:56 AM
To: NavList@fer3.com
Subject: [NavList] Re: Kew Observatory and Wikipedia
Ref: A link to Lords discussing the Kew Observatory and sextant error testing.
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1902/nov/24/errors-of-sextants
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Fascinating exchange in the H.O.Lords.
Thank you for the reference.
It confirms as I suspected that the Kew Observatory was for some considerable time a branch of the Admiralty, though this is not noted elsewhere specifically in the other brief history synopses available.
Douglas Denny.
Chichester. England.
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