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Re: from a watcher
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2002 Oct 17, 21:21 -0700
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2002 Oct 17, 21:21 -0700
On Thursday, October 17, 2002, at 08:31 PM, Robert Eno wrote: > I do not recommend relying on the sight reduction tables in the > Nautical > Almanac. They are, in a word, difficult. I agree. That's why I use a calculator like you do. I thought from David Weilacher's comments that he was advocating the use of very few things, so I suggested a further reduction in books, but perhaps that is too Draconian. In my world I need a calculator and a sextant. That is it. The tables are in the calculator, the almanac is in the calculator, and the calculator has a clock as well. Dan
