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Re: Wharton & Field's Hydrographical Surveying
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 May 9, 12:34 -0400
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 May 9, 12:34 -0400
Oops, I should have said the Tropic of Cancer in winter, not the Tropic of Capricorn. On May 9, 2004, at 10:09 AM, Fred Hebard wrote: > I believe Wharton may be more precise here than I have been, and > somehow > been alluding to being located in regions where the sun passes close to > the zenith at noon, thus excepting latitudes near the Tropic of > Capricorn in winter, etc.
