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Re: The Nautical Day
From: Trevor Kenchington
Date: 2004 Feb 8, 09:41 +0000
From: Trevor Kenchington
Date: 2004 Feb 8, 09:41 +0000
George wrote: > But what > causes Trevor to think that the noon-to-noon reckoning could have been by > the Nautical Day, 12 hours ahead of the Civil Day, rather than by the > Astronomical Day, 12 hours behind the Civil Day? That's what I am trying to > establish; the era in which Nautical Time finally fell out of use. Is there any reason to think that the astronomical day was _ever_ used for keeping the ship's time at sea (as distinct from being used when consulting an almanac, which it clearly was)? Trevor Kenchington -- Trevor J. Kenchington PhD Gadus@iStar.ca Gadus Associates, Office(902) 889-9250 R.R.#1, Musquodoboit Harbour, Fax (902) 889-9251 Nova Scotia B0J 2L0, CANADA Home (902) 889-3555 Science Serving the Fisheries http://home.istar.ca/~gadus