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Re: Bowditch: Distance to visible horizon
From: Bill B
Date: 2012 Dec 06, 08:16 -0500
From: Bill B
Date: 2012 Dec 06, 08:16 -0500
On 12/6/2012 4:56 AM, Gary LaPook wrote: > That's interesting, the 1962 and 1975 editions give it as D=1.144 and > the 1938 edition gives it as D=1.15. First place I would look is the refraction values in the formula used to derive distance to horizon. Bill B