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Re: Thomas Jefferson and Lunar Obs.
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2005 Apr 8, 18:20 EDT
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2005 Apr 8, 18:20 EDT
Ken M wrote: "If anyone knows of an example of an explorer retrospectively correcting their longitudes, I too would like to hear about it." Matthew Flinders who did lunars while mapping parts of Australia in the first few years of the 19th century. I posted about this for the list just a few weeks ago... Here's the web site with the transcripts and scans of the original: http://image.sl.nsw.gov.au/Ebind/s1_59/a083/a083000.html -FER 42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W. www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
