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Re: Old Style Lunar
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2005 Jan 11, 06:19 -0400
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2005 Jan 11, 06:19 -0400
I lived just south of Rocky Mountain House for a decade. What amazes me about these guys is that they could make those delicate observations amidst black flies, wasps, mosquitoes, cold weather, dampness, bears, and other misery; and lacking hospitals, trucks, electricity, computers, telephones, faxes, synthetic clothing, local shopping centers, and etc. (No relation, by the way.) Jim Thompson jim2@jimthompson.net www.jimthompson.net -------------------- Outgoing email scanned by Norton Antivirus > -----Original Message----- > Before Christmas we were discussing some lunars shot by the Fur Trader > David Thompson about 200 years ago and the accuracy that he was capable of > obtaining. > True position of Rocky Mnt. House > 52?21'20"N > 114?58'50"W Thompson's measurement: > Latitude Average 52?21'30" > Longitude Average 114?47'38"
