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Re: Lunars: Jupiter's BIG.
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2003 Dec 24, 23:34 -0500
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2003 Dec 24, 23:34 -0500
My recollection is that temperature was the only significant factor in rating chronometers. Ship's motion was not an important factor. If the rater were highly unlinear, and the functional dependence on time unknown, the average rate would not be useful. I believe George was trying to point this out. On Dec 24, 2003, at 5:44 PM, Frank Reed wrote: > Indeed, if the instantaneous rate is observed while the ship is at > anchor and the chronometer is motionless, its rate may be very > different from the rate at sea.
