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Re: Timing Lunars with a Rock
From: Henry Halboth
Date: 2005 Jul 18, 09:39 -0400
From: Henry Halboth
Date: 2005 Jul 18, 09:39 -0400
With a little practice, counting "and 1 - and 2 - and 3, etc." will really serve the same purpose. Before I could afford a stop watch the time between sight and chronometer reading was often accounted for in this manner. Not very precise sounding, but it really does the trick. Henry