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Re: Bowditch: Distance to visible horizon
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2012 Dec 6, 17:44 -0800
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2012 Dec 6, 17:44 -0800
One small factor might be the change in the definition of the nautical mile from 6080 to 6076.1 feet which changes the factor from 1.144 to 1.447 rounding to 1.145. gl --- On Thu, 12/6/12, Lu Abel <luabel@ymail.com> wrote:
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