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Peter Fogg wrote, on 10 Jan-

"George Bennett has made a preliminary examination of the probability of
error using these azimuth tables. The following is taken from that work."

He then provided extracts from an (unpublished?) paper sent by Bennett, for
which the author had presumably given permission.

I have asked for that whole paper to be made available or a reference
given, rather than just extracts. Peter appears unwilling to provide
either.

I will not comment on partial, and what may be selective, information, but
will be quite prepared to comment if the whole work is made available.

Nav-L readers may be starting to feel, as I do, that the defects in
Bennett's azimuth tables have by now been given quite sufficient exposure.
Especially since they have resulted in a warning footnote by the author in
the new edition. That's what I was pressing for, as my earlier edition
carried no such warning.

However, if Peter provides the requested information, I will certainly meet
his wishes.

George.

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