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Celestial position-finding on land
From: Geoffrey Kolbe
Date: 2016 May 4, 07:39 +0100
From: Geoffrey Kolbe
Date: 2016 May 4, 07:39 +0100
On 3 May 2016 at 07:38, Gary LaPook <NoReply_LaPook@fer3.com> wrote:
Geoffrey, Thanks for posting those new links, the old links don't work.
There is also this one that still works:
http://geoffrey-kolbe.com/C-Nav/March%202007.htm
I found that my little hand-held sun-compass was extremely effective. Indeed, effective enough to show in a very direct and quick manner that the deviation for a magnetic compass in Egypt was negligible. Pretty easy to make as well - even though Andras Zboray, our expedition leader, remarked on seeing the compass that, "You evidently have too much free time on your hands!" You need a tall gnomon in the desert as the sun gets pretty high around noon, so I used a small telescopic antenna, which I think is novel, meaning the compass could be easily slipped in the pocket.
(But do try to spell your own name corectly)
Ha! Yes Gary, Everybody else has trouble spelling my name corectly (!), but I have never claimed any divine superiority in that regard.....
Geoffrey Kolbe
