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Re: Bowditch: Distance to visible horizon
From: Steve E. Bryant
Date: 2012 Dec 6, 23:44 -0800
From: Steve E. Bryant
Date: 2012 Dec 6, 23:44 -0800
*In the 4th edition of the publication "Piloting & Dead Reckoning, page 42, Shufeldt and Dunlap use 1.17 as the constant to determine nautical miles to the horizon.
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