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Re: Irradiation and manual navigation
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2010 Mar 15, 14:24 -0000
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2010 Mar 15, 14:24 -0000
Frank had written-"As for Chauvenet, he had almost no experience in navigation. Though he was an exceptionally competent and meticulous mathematician, why would you trust his numbers on something like this? Are his works Scripture?? " And I responded- "This is not the first time that Frank has made such a statement about Chauvenet, in dismissing his views. I would like him to provide the evidence on which it is based. And if, as it should, experience in navigation is the thing that matters, I ask Frank to outline his own such experience, so that we can weigh up his own worth against that of Chauvenet." Thanks to Frank for doing some extensive research, which provides more-than-sufficient evidence to back up his statement about Chauvenet's lack of navigational experience, and I have learned from that research. George. contact George Huxtable, at george@hux.me.uk or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222) or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK.
