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Re: Lost book, "Line of Position Navigation"
From: Peter Ifland
Date: 2003 Dec 16, 09:53 -0500
From: Peter Ifland
Date: 2003 Dec 16, 09:53 -0500
Hi, Richard: : The book is nine inches tall. The spine is grey ant the top and bottom with a yellow section of a map in the middle. The title "Line of Position Navigation" is printed in black along the spine. I'm delighted that you find it a useful reference. Hope you find it. Peter Ifland peterp@fuse.net To learn about the history of the widely used Line of Position method of navigation go to: http://home.fuse.net/pwifland/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard"To: Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 10:32 PM Subject: Lost book, "Line of Position Navigation" > On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 06:56:32 +1000, Peter Fogg wrote: > > >('The dog ate my homework' - the electronic gremlins have consigned my > >original message to some black hole, its a great mystery, so this is > >another attempt ..) > > > Peter, something similar may have happened to my copy of a book. Not > 'The Complete On-Board Celestial Navigator', the thread where you made > the above comment, but the book about Sumner and Saint Hilaire. > > I need help to find it. I've been looking hard for more than a week. > > Would someone please describe the size and color of "Line of Position > Navigation: Sumner and Saint Hilaire: the Two Pillars of Modern > Celestial Navigation" especially the appearance of the spine. I have > looked many times in my Navigation, Surveying, History and Mathematics > shelves as well as the "in progress" areas and under the bed. I read > part of it in July, and it was misplaced before I finished. > > The last book I misshelved so thoroughly took me over six months to > find. > > Thank you, > > > -- > Richard ...