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Re: Time Sight Computations
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2004 Sep 29, 15:15 +0100
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2004 Sep 29, 15:15 +0100
In reply to my message posted this morning- >Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 12:03:52 +0100 >To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM > >> The suspicion falls on the tirst term in the sum, representing log sec 48d >> 30.1', or log sec 48.5017. If I calculate this term, I make it to be >> 0.17875, not 9.12462 as Chuck has it. >> >> So if we substitute 0.17875 as the first term in the sum, and add the other >> three terms to it, the result is 19.22921 or (neglecting tens) 9.22921. >> This is close to (but slightly different from) the figure Chuck arrives at, >> of 9.22991. Zorbec Legras replied, >That's just wat I wrote in my reply to chuck. the first reaction by the way. >cf * Re: Time Sight Computations Zorbec Legras (Tue Sep 28 2004 - 05:24:05 EDT) >Sorry to interfere in the game and thanks for the fair play... > >irbs indeed! ========= And so he did. Sorry, Zorbec, I didn't read your message with sufficient care. You got there first. George. ================================================================ contact George Huxtable by email at george@huxtable.u-net.com, by phone at 01865 820222 (from outside UK, +44 1865 820222), or by mail at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. ================================================================
