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Geoffrey Kolbe wrote:

> Well, I am not a historian. I think it would interesting and fun for some
> members of this list to think about how the ancients might have gone about
> this and then actually try and measure their relative longitudes using
> methods developed individually or collectively. I even think it would be
> interesting enough to write up the endeavor for publication.


I thought about doing that. However, my method would start by clearing
and levelling an "observatory" some 30 metres or more across. I have
enough land here and without light pollution to the southward but I'm
not about to import enough fill to get it level -- nor to spend hundreds
of man hours with a shovel doing the levelling!

Unfortunately, scaling the whole thing down would lose the precision,
which would make the trial a bit pointless.


Trevor Kenchington


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