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    Re: Old style lunar
    From: Frank Reed CT
    Date: 2004 Dec 10, 15:36 EST
    Fred H wrote:
    "I believe one would need to check the almanac inaccuracies for each of
    Thompson's lunars to confirm that they were a significant part of his
    1-degree discrepancies."
     
    Yep. That's no problem.
     
    And added:
    "At this point, it does not appear that they account for much of the variation."
     
    But how did you reach this conclusion, Fred? Have you looked at the almanac inaccuracies for 1800?
     
    Frank R
    [ ] Mystic, Connecticut
    [X] Chicago, Illinois
       
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