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A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2012 Apr 7, 15:11 -0700
The 2002 Bowditch, assembled as a complete single file rather than split up into chapters, is available on the NavList web site here: http://fer3.com/arc/imgx/Bowditch-American-Practical-Navigator-2002-(2004).pdf
It's a big file so it takes a while to download. There is a link to this as well as historical editions of Bowditch and many other works of navigation that are available online located here: http://www.fer3.com/arc/navbooks2.html
But what sight reduction tables? I didn't see any in the 2002 Bowditch. I don't think there are any in recent editions of Bowditch. Maybe one of the earlier editions linked above? Are you perhaps thinking of the "concise sight reduction tables" included in editions of the Nautical Almanac since 1989? These are not Ageton's table, but they are of a similar short form. They are not popular. I have not met anyone who uses them regularly, even for entertainment, though I have spoken with many people who have tried them out.
-FER
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