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Re: Azimuths
From: Francis Upchurch
Date: 2019 Jul 3, 20:03 +0100
From: Francis Upchurch
Date: 2019 Jul 3, 20:03 +0100
Suggest read "Maskelyne, Ed Revecca Higgett.2014 and his own "British Mariners guide 1763, in particular his voyage back from St Helena. Using lunars, (probably the first to do that)he was pretty well the only person on board who knew where he was, especially longitude. Seems like a pretty good navigator to me. Others on board may have been great "navigators" in the traditional sense, but had no idea where they were.(especially longitude). I'm a great fan of Maskelyne who has been much maligned. Francis -----Original Message----- From: NavList@fer3.com [mailto:NavList@fer3.com] On Behalf Of David Pike Sent: 03 July 2019 13:02 To: francisupchurch@gmail.com Subject: [NavList] Re: Azimuths Brad you wrote:*Nevil Maskelyne was an indoor theorist* Was he? What about his trip to St Helena in 1761 to observe the transit of Venus, and incidentally to try out his ideas on lunars; his trip to Barbados in 1763 to observe Jupiter’s satellites and test Harrison’s watch, Mayers Tables, and Irwin’s chair; and his trip to Schiehallion in Perthshire to measure the density of the Earth. As Astronomer Royal he would have spent a lot of time gazing skywards from the house on the hill at Greenwich, and as a cleric his soul might have been aiming even higher. DaveP [plain text auto-generated] ---------------------------------------------------------------- NavList message boards and member settings: http://fer3.com/NavList Members may optionally receive posts by email. To cancel email delivery, send a message to NoMail[at]fer3.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- : http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/Azimuths-DavidPike-jul-2019-g45374
