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Re: Point Venus, May 1774
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2007 Apr 30, 07:50 -0400
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2007 Apr 30, 07:50 -0400
Dear George, > of Cook's observations, but his subject heading should have put me right, if > I had bothered to read it. Sorry about that. > > Cook's Journal (Beaglehole vol 2) for early May 74 is no help. Cook is > heavily involved in obtaining and preserving his ship's food stocks, and > makes no mention of any astronomical observations. Presumably, he was then > leaving such matters to his astronomers. > > It seems quite likely that those faulty Moon altitudes could have been taken > by a middie, using a wooden octant. Another possibility might be that the > wrong limb of the Moon had been chosen, and then corrected. Would the wrong > Moon altitudes be compatible with such an error? It's no more that a > suggestion. I don't have Wales' numbers to work on. > > George. > > contact George Huxtable at george@huxtable.u-net.com > or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222) > or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK.| > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
