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Re: Baffled by Baffin
From: Bruce Stark
Date: 2005 Nov 23, 17:05 EST
From: Bruce Stark
Date: 2005 Nov 23, 17:05 EST
For a careful analysis of Baffin's observation you'll have to wait for other list members to respond. The only problem I see is the blunder you already mentioned: his saying the moon would come to the meridian "sooner that day than the day before." Saying "sooner" rather than "later" must have been a simple slip. He had to understand things correctly to get sixty and a half west from his data.
There are several reasons he couldn't expect decent results, one being that in his day moon predictions were fit only for determining the tides.
Bruce
There are several reasons he couldn't expect decent results, one being that in his day moon predictions were fit only for determining the tides.
Bruce
