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Re: Lunars by Moon declination. was: [NAV-L] Thomas Jefferson and Lunar Obs.
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2005 Apr 2, 01:39 EST
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2005 Apr 2, 01:39 EST
I wrote previously:
"I should add that, of course, we *know* that the 5" per minute is
incorrect,
so the source of the error is merely "academic". The calculation is utterly
trivial and even if Dunbar wrote it down wrong in his letter, no doubt he
knew the correct number (the 6 degrees in 24 was right)."
so the source of the error is merely "academic". The calculation is utterly
trivial and even if Dunbar wrote it down wrong in his letter, no doubt he
knew the correct number (the 6 degrees in 24 was right)."
And George Huxtable replied:
"Perhaps Dunbar got it wrong: or perhaps Frank got it wrong when it
was
transcribed, and then failed to notice the unlikely resulting value. Is he
just avoiding admitting that?"
transcribed, and then failed to notice the unlikely resulting value. Is he
just avoiding admitting that?"
Wow. I EXPLICITLY stated that we knew that the 5" per minute was incorrect.
HOW DARE YOU suggest intellectual dishonesty on my part. Was this your goal all
along? We all AGREED that it was 15 and not 5 --the calculation is UTTERLY
TRIVIAL. But you ignored that fact. It now seems that you were hoping to catch
me in an error and then slam me for it. No, George, not my transcription, not my
letter to Jefferson.
-FER
