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From: Brad Morris
Date: 2013 Feb 20, 20:23 -0500
Hi Alan
Since I don't have a copy of Norie's, giving you an answer is going to be pretty hard!
Burton published a collection of useful tables, of which there are 37 in number. His goal was a set of tables with main characteristics of "Ease, Speed, and Sufficiency - Without Redundancy". He specifically reduces the number of digits in the computation which in his view simply adds a greater potential for error.
Most navigation texts included sets of tables, Bowditch for one, there clearly are others.
We have been investigating the extension of some of the tables to the High Latitudes. Since the extension to the high latitude only compromises ex-meridian altitudes and the ABC tables, I wanted to examine the ABC tables.
You may find a copy of Norie's on Google Books.
http://books.google.com/books/about/Norie_s_Nautical_Tables_with_Explanation.html?id=Vo0NAQAAIAAJ
Burton's is also on the web
http://books.google.com/books/about/A_Set_of_Nautical_Tables_for_General_Nav.html?id=zW3WSAAACAAJ
Regards
Brad
Brad:
At the risk of asking a dumb question, what is the difference, if any, between Burton's Tables, here the subject of discussion, and Norie's Tables.
Any clarification appreciated.
Alan
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