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Re: lat/long from meridian passage
From: Patrick Goold
Date: 2011 Jan 24, 22:09 -0500
From: Patrick Goold
Date: 2011 Jan 24, 22:09 -0500
Dear Jim,
Thanks for the reference! I have acquired the article and I will read it with interest.
I also followed Gary's archive link. A quick look convinces me that I should quit posting questions and mine the nav-list archive. It appears all knowledge is already there.
Best regards,
Patrick
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Dr. Patrick Goold
Department of Philosophy
Virginia Wesleyan College
Norfolk, VA 23502
757 455 3357
Charles Olson: "Love the World -- and stay inside it."
Thanks for the reference! I have acquired the article and I will read it with interest.
I also followed Gary's archive link. A quick look convinces me that I should quit posting questions and mine the nav-list archive. It appears all knowledge is already there.
Best regards,
Patrick
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 5:00 PM, James N Wilson <jn.wilson@juno.com> wrote:
Patrick:I discussed it thoroughly in my Navigation paper, Position from Observation of a Single Body, available in archives somewhere. It probably tells you more than you want to know. A simpler approach is in my recent book, The Noon Fix.Jim Wilson
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Dr. Patrick Goold
Department of Philosophy
Virginia Wesleyan College
Norfolk, VA 23502
757 455 3357
Charles Olson: "Love the World -- and stay inside it."