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Re: Splitting Bowditch
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2002 Nov 10, 22:56 -0500
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2002 Nov 10, 22:56 -0500
I don't think the gummint will ever do that. They are interested in modern practical stuff. but there may be a nich for something like that privately published. If nothing else, ti would let teachers show students some practical value for the geometry,and trig. On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 18:35:02 -0800, Gordon Talge wrote: >Hi, > >Just a thought. I wonder if they could split Bowditch into two >volumes. Volume 1 could be "Modern Electronic Navigation" and >Volume 2 could be "Traditional Celestial Navigation" w/o electronic >aids and would also include a chapter or two on the history of >navigation and the different methods of sight reduction like >they used to have except better. > >After thought. Perhaps even a Volume or section on the mathematics >involved. Not a "watered down" 8th stuff, but like the old Norie's >with sections on geometry, trig, and so on. > >-- Gordon > >-- > ,,, > (. .) >+-------------------------ooO-(_)-Ooo------------------------+ >| Gordon Talge WB6YKK e-mail: gtalge@pe.net | >| Department of Mathematics http://www.lbusd.k12.ca.us | >| Wilson High School Long Beach, CA | >| (o- Debian / GNU / Linux | >| //\ The Choice of the GNU Generation | >| v_/_ .oooO | >| - E Aho Laula - ( ) Oooo. - Wider is Better - | >+-------------------------\ (---( )-------------------------+ > \_) ) / > (_/ Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a "Never stand behind a sneezing cow." Michael Perry