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Re: Lunars using Bennett
From: Ken Muldrew
Date: 2008 Jul 04, 09:19 -0600
From: Ken Muldrew
Date: 2008 Jul 04, 09:19 -0600
On 4 Jul 2008 at 6:34, Geoffrey Kolbe wrote: > There is a very nice web page written by J. Gottfred on the navigation > methods David Thompson used. > > See > http://www.northwestjournal.ca/dtnav.html#Art%20VII.%20Recomputing%20Thom > psons%20Data-%20Greenwich%20Apparent%20Time%20by%20Lunar%20Distance.%20By > %20J.%20Gottfred. > > Gottfred goes through an actual Thompson lunar distance observation in > detail, reconstructing the methods that Thompson used. I have some minor corrections for Gottfred's article posted here: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~kmuldrew/celestial/almanac.html Ken Muldrew. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---