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 From last summer:

At 10:43 AM -0700 7/22/01, Dan Allen wrote:
>In the book entitled "History and Bibliography of The New American
>Practical Navigator and The American Coast Pilot" by John F.
>Campbell (Peabody Museum, Salem, MA: 1964), it says in part on page
>119:
>
>Bowditch continued to be published without any major revisions until
>1887, when it again underwent revision.  Although seach succeeding
>printing resulted in minor changes, Bowditch did not have its next
>major revision until 1907.  This revision almost saw the lunar
>distance problem eliminated from the work, but it was decided, in
>view of its archaic principles, to relegate it to the appendix.
>
>In 1914, Bowditch was again revised and improved.  In charge of this
>revision was Lieutenant G. W. Logan, USN.  A sign of the changing
>times is noted in this revision, as the chapter on lunar
>observations was finally excluded.  It had been a part of the work
>since it was first printed in 1799.
>
>So there you have it.  Editions printed up until 1913 had lunars,
>and the best material was probably pre-1907.  I just got an 1888
>version which has excellent coverage of lunars.
>
>Dan
>From-	dkruger [dkruger@righttrak.com]
Sent:	Friday, January 25, 2002 12:48 PM
To:	danallen46@ATTBI.COM
Subject:	re: Lunar info

Dear Dan,

I don't know where you got a hold of an 1888 Bowditch, but the place I was 
searching (abebooks.com) had only three before 1900, all $1000 and up.  And I 
already own two Bowditch's, and just want the one section in any case.

So, if you want to do us all a HUGE favor, and have a scanner, you could scan 
in the pages and have Dan Hogan (or me) put it up on our websites.  That way 
everyone could have it, and we will then be able to puzzle out how to do a 
lunar.

cheers,
Dov

   

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