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Re: On the Mischief of Geographical Position.
From: Richard B. Emerson
Date: 2002 Jan 24, 3:41 PM
From: Richard B. Emerson
Date: 2002 Jan 24, 3:41 PM
For pete's sake, is everyone supposed to sail with a gravimeter? This thread is lacking only a debate on how many angels dance on the head of a pair of dividers and the local vertical they stand to. [FROWN] Rick Emerson S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35 Michael Wescott writes: > daveweilacher@EARTHLINK.NET said: > > ..and BTW, what does gravity have to do with determining your position > > with sextent and chronometer? > > What are you measuring sextant altitudes against? Whatever the reference -- > be it artifical horizon, the sea, or plumb bob -- it's determined by gravity. > -- > Mike Wescott > Wescott_Mike@EMC.COM
