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Re: Swinging the Arc
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2004 Dec 5, 18:06 EST
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2004 Dec 5, 18:06 EST
Bruce S wrote:
"I don't think about "axis" or "rocking." All I do is move the sun back and
forth on the horizon to find the best fit. "
I didn't think of "axis" either until I started reading some accounts of
this process in standard navigation textbooks. I've also watched navigation
students and seen them do it, as I have called it, the "wrong" way.
Frank R
[ ] Mystic, Connecticut
[X] Chicago, Illinois
[ ] Mystic, Connecticut
[X] Chicago, Illinois