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Old Navigation Techniques
From: Maurice Millard
Date: 1998 Jul 22, 7:25 AM
From: Maurice Millard
Date: 1998 Jul 22, 7:25 AM
In the recent past we have had discussions on older navigation techniques which including the Lunar Distance method. I want to call the attention, to those interested in these affairs, to an article in "Navigation", Winter 1997-1998, Volume 44, #4 by Arne Molander, titled "The Celestial Navigation of Christopher Columbus." (Yes, its some time ago, but it takes a while for the library circulation to work its way through the subscribers in the company.) The author suggests that Columbus could have used the Lunar Distance technique to establish his Longitude. Interesting! Maurice Millard =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@roninhouse.com: =-= =-= navigation =-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=