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    Re: Need help to track down errors
    From: Gary LaPook
    Date: 2008 Nov 13, 03:34 -0800

    Further comparison shows that page 133 is a duplicate of page 139!
    
    gl
    
    On Nov 13, 1:56�am, glap...@PACBELL.NET wrote:
    > Ken,
    >
    > My copy, 1970 edition, doesn't have the error you pointed out. I then
    > looked at all pages from 122 through 161 looking at the first entry on
    > each of these pages and found additional differences between my print
    > edition and the online version. Page 155 has a one minute different Hc
    > as �does page 151 for the first entry but I didn't check other values.
    > page 133 is completely different, all tabulations are different ! I
    > computed several of the entries on page 133 and found that the online
    > version has the erroneous values while my 1970 edition has the correct
    > values.
    >
    > gl
    >
    > On Nov 12, 4:08�pm, Ken Gebhart  wrote:
    >
    > > To all List Members,
    >
    > > Need help to track down errors!
    >
    > > I have been made aware of �many errors on page 158 of Pub 249 Vol 2 � �
    > > Apparently all of the Hc values on the page are wrong! �For example, �
    > > for dec 0, LHA 0, Lat 26 (page 158), Hc is shown as 65 deg. When it �
    > > should be 64 deg by simple inspection. �All the other numbers are �
    > > also off by varying amounts as can be found by computation. �There �
    > > are some other errors too, of a different kind on other pages. �For �
    > > example, page 160. �Look at the column for dec 15 deg, and go down to �
    > > LHA 98. �By simple inspection you can see that there should be a �
    > > minus sign before Hc 00-25, but it is not there. �I believe this is �
    > > typical of many Hcs �near zero.
    >
    > > These errors are present in the US Government Edition, privately �
    > > published editions, and the PDF on the NGA website. �I have spoken to �
    > > the UK Almanac Office, and they report that the errors do not exist �
    > > in their equivalent to 249 V2, or their Rapid Sight Reduction Tables, �
    > > and can find no trace or knowledge of them.
    >
    > > I am asking anyone who has an older copy of this volume, to check it �
    > > for these errors and report the publication date. �Maybe we can track �
    > > down when they first appeared. �By the way, a friend did phone the �
    > > NGA to report this, and was told that �they would look into it�.
    >
    > > Thanks, Ken Gebhart
    >
    >
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