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Re: H.O. 229/249: publication dates
From: Greg R_
Date: 2011 Mar 24, 12:28 -0700
From: Greg R_
Date: 2011 Mar 24, 12:28 -0700
On 3/24/2011 11:45:37 AM, Frank Reed (frankreed@historicalatlas.com) wrote: > My guess would be that the 'milestone' referred to here is computer > generation and typesetting of a newer edition of H.O. 229. Possibly, though the way it's written I took it to mean that this was the first time that the (former?) publication called "Sight Reduction Tables for Marine Navigation" had been released as H.O. 249. > I think the actual first date of publication of the tables was around > 1970, but I don't know. Certainly they were widely known in the > mid-1970s. I was thinking that 229 went back even further (to maybe shortly after WWII?), though it's been long enough since I've seen a reference to the initial publication date that I'm not really sure. -- GregR On 3/24/2011 11:45:37 AM, Frank Reed (frankreed@historicalatlas.com) wrote: > Greg Re., you wrote: > "According to the Mystic Seaport website (Milestones in the History of > Navigation): "1981 > Sight Reduction Tables for Marine Navigation is published, H.O. 229, as > six volumes calculated and typeset by computer" " > > That list was compiled in part by Don Treworgy, who passed away in 2009, > so I cannot ask him. My guess would be that the 'milestone' referred to > here is computer generation and typesetting of a newer edition of H.O. > 229. > I think the actual first date of publication of the tables was around > 1970, > but I don't know. Certainly they were widely known in the mid-1970s. > > It does rather make sense that 229 would have been published BEFORE 249, > right? Perhaps they reserved the number for the project earlier, and it > took much longer than expected to bring it to market. > > -FER > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > NavList message boards and member settings: www.fer3.com/NavList > Members may optionally receive posts by email. > To cancel email delivery, send a message to NoMail[at]fer3.com > ----------------------------------------------------------------