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Re: Lunar Distance in Wikipedia
From: Michael Daly
Date: 2007 Oct 30, 13:11 -0400
From: Michael Daly
Date: 2007 Oct 30, 13:11 -0400
George Huxtable wrote: > The working-time reduced instantly when the precomputed tables for lunar > distance appeared in the 1767 issue of the Nautical Almanac (long before the > early 19th c.!) After that, there may have been a bit more speeding-up, in > streamlining of the "clearing" process, but it was only marginal. Thanks, George. I just mentioned what you point out and used the Nautical Almanac as a reference. I don't think much more that that needs to be specified. Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
