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Re: Biography of Philip Van Horn Weems
From: Hewitt Schlereth
Date: 2010 Dec 20, 12:14 -0400
From: Hewitt Schlereth
Date: 2010 Dec 20, 12:14 -0400
Gary and Andres -
Thank you for the articles on Philip Weems. It's odd that there isn't a full fledged biography of him - at least none I'm aware of.
Two things I was also not aware of are mentioned in the second paragraph of page four the article by Emmet: "a method of using altitudes between two stars, without a visible horizon, developed by an Australian named Burton," and something called: "Precomp Navigation, which was a super short tabular method."
Can either of you point me in the right direction to get the scoop on these?
Thanks again, Hewitt
Thank you for the articles on Philip Weems. It's odd that there isn't a full fledged biography of him - at least none I'm aware of.
Two things I was also not aware of are mentioned in the second paragraph of page four the article by Emmet: "a method of using altitudes between two stars, without a visible horizon, developed by an Australian named Burton," and something called: "Precomp Navigation, which was a super short tabular method."
Can either of you point me in the right direction to get the scoop on these?
Thanks again, Hewitt
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 7:18 AM, Andres Ruiz <navigationalalgorithms@gmail.com> wrote:
http://www.weems-plath.com/weems-and-plath-story.php
and in ION newsletter: http://www.ion.org/newsletter/
Volume 16, Number 2 (Summer 2006) and Volume 16, Number 3 (Fall 2006)