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From: Gordon Talge
Date: 1997 Jul 31, 5:29 PM
From: Gordon Talge
Date: 1997 Jul 31, 5:29 PM
Just got the new issue of "Navigation: Journal of the Institute of Navigation" Vol. 44, No.1 The first two articles are: "The Lunar Distance Method in the Nineteenth Century: A Simulation of Joshua Slocum's Observation on June 16, 1896" by Siebern Y. Van der Werf ( about 13 pages ) and "The Direct Fix of Latitude and Longitude From Two Observed Altitudes" by Stanley W. Gery ( about 9 pages ) Method has been programmed into an HP 15C and Radio Shack EC-4026. Article include code for the EC-4026. I have scanned them and they look real good. I haven't read them in depth or tried the methods out yet. -- Gordon ,,, (. .) +-----------------------ooO-(_)-Ooo----------------------+ | Gordon Talge WB6YKK e-mail: gtalge@pe.net | | Department of Mathematics QTH: Loma Linda, CA | | Saint Joseph High School Lat. N 34� 03.1' | | Lakewood, CA .oooO Long. W 117� 15.2' | | - E Aho Laula - ( ) Oooo. - Wider is Better - | +------------------------\ (---( )----------------------+ \_) ) / (_/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@ronin.com: =-=-= navigation =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-