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Thank you George. That's most kind of you.  -Hewitt

On 3/23/09, George Huxtable  wrote:
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>  Jim Wilson wrote, about the Nautical Almanac Sight Reduction tables-
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>  | Allan Bayless was actually responsible, although he did acknowledge Paul
>  | Janiczek's (spelling) help. The tables are a re-hash of Ageton, first
>  | done by Admiral Davies. Allan made them more usable. He did note that
>  | getting 44 pages added to the NA was the hardest task he'd ever had. It's
>  | too bad that the instructions in the NA aren't his. His were used by the
>  | Power Squadron, and are much easier to understand and follow.
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> I will send Jim a copy of the paper. There seems to be a bit of a
>  discrepancy between Janiczek and Bayless, about responsibility, in that
>  Janiczek says no more than- "Among those offering improvements should be
>  mentioned Dr Allan E. Bayless ..."
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>  George.
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>  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.
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> >
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