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Re: Lunars - Finding Bermuda in 1807
From: Richard M Pisko
Date: 2007 May 12, 23:34 -0600
From: Richard M Pisko
Date: 2007 May 12, 23:34 -0600
On Sat, 12 May 2007 19:32:19 -0600,wrote: > I think this story is a nice example of the transition from dead > reckoning > navigation to celestial navigation. Hall clearly believed rationally that > lunars worked, but this was an era when navigators had great faith in > dead > reckoning. They trusted it, and it took a revolution in their thinking to > trust sextants and mathematical tables more than the log and the feel of > the > sea. > Excellent story. Thank you. -- Richard . . . Using Opera's e-mail client since Dialog, "the Dog", died. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---