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Sextant error analysis, Simms 1858
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2007 Feb 28, 21:46 -0800
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2007 Feb 28, 21:46 -0800
Go to books.google.com. Enter these three words in the search field: sextant applications Simms. Hit "Search Books". You will find a complete copy of "The Sextant and its Applications" by W.H. Simms from 1858. It's filled with meaty math on the various instrumental errors of the sextant and how to deal with them including examples on using star-star distances to generate an arc error table with lots of detail. -FER 42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W. www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To unsubscribe, send email to NavList-unsubscribe@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
