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Re: Watch error, watch rate: some problems to solve?
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2018 Dec 24, 14:49 -0500
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2018 Dec 24, 14:49 -0500
Tony
What, exactly, are you trying to resolve with Worsley and chronometers? Your question previously was too broad. That engendered the broad responses you got.
Lars, Robin and I spent a tremendous amount of effort on the issue of Worsley, time, chronometers and longitude; as they are all intimately related. I am sure all three of us would be happy to answer your question, if we only could tell what it was!
Brad
On Mon, Dec 24, 2018, 12:34 PM Tony Oz <NoReply_TonyOz@fer3.com wrote:
Dear Robert, dear Brad and Frank,
Thank you for the link and explanations. Gone reading.
The (a·x+b) nature of the problem is obvious to me, I was interested in logical loops that may occur when a navigator finds conflicting measurements - like Captain Worsley had with "two minutes are too much".
Warm regards,
Tony
60°N 30°E
