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Re: Longest year since 1992
From: Bruce Hamilton
Date: 2008 Dec 22, 17:48 -0800
From: Bruce Hamilton
Date: 2008 Dec 22, 17:48 -0800
And just when I was going to buy a heliochronometer. Thanks for the warning! :-) frankreed@HistoricalAtlas.net wrote: > And once again, some folks are raising silly objections about the possible abolition of leap seconds. > > See: > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article5361670.ece > (article written by Mark Henderson, said to be "Science Editor") > > The article claims, "Sundials would become even more inaccurate than they are already, and it would become almost impossible for sailors to navigate by sextant." > > As we've discussed previously, accomodating a time standard without leap seconds would present no serious problem for celestial navigation. Needless to say, the comment about sundials is technically true, but only after decades and in a way that no one but an expert would ever notice. > > -FER > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
