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Thanks for your comments. The author was a practicing Air Force navigator 
rather than an historian of navigation.
-- Richard
 
On 2013-03-14, at 1:41 PM, Noell Wilson wrote:

> Hi Richard,
> I tend to give authors a lot of credit for writing and putting themselves 
out there in the first place. I also note the phrase "as much detail as you 
can stand" and the reference to the journalist who didn't think time was 
important in navigation. He was not addressing this group.
> 
> Still - I assume the author is an expert. I wish he had mentioned lunars in 
the history of navigation. I wish he had given Harrison credit for the 
chronometer. I assume that his reference to a "rock and a rope" refers to a 
lead and I doubt if that did much good in mid-ocean voyages.
> 
> It's a reasonable article and not many people are going to note any errors.
> Regards, Noell Wilson
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