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From: Don Seltzer
Date: 2013 Jun 26, 18:55 -0700
Sam Willis wrote:
Morning everyone,
I am familiar with using the Mer Pass or Polaris to establish latitude, and also with the traditional method of using position lines, but is there a similar, relatively simple technique to establish one's longitude?
I understand that this might be done by shooting the sun when it bears directly east or west but I am uncertain as to how.
Many thanks
Sam
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Might you be the same Sam Willis who has written numerous books on the Age of Sail?
Don Seltzer
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