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"Compact Sight Reduction Table" by Allan E. Bayless, a modified HO 211,
shows the Sadler technique with this example:

89° 06′ t                 B 180390   A     5
53° 16′ S dec   A  9614  +B  22323  +B 22323
33° 19′ S lat  +A 26022  +B   7798
                   -----
26° 07′ h1      A 35636
26° 35′ Ho
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52° 42′ h1+Ho
26° 21′ (h1+Ho)/2        -B   4764
                             ------
  0° 30′ h2                A 205747
-------
26° 37′ hc = h1+h2                  -B  4865
                                        -----
41° 59′ Z                            A 17463


With a calculator I get Hc = 26° 37.1′ and Z = 41° 59.0′.

Speaking of the Bayless table itself, I don't like it as well as the
Ageton table in Bowditch vol. 2. (I don't own a "real Ageton".) To cut
the table size in half, Bayless goes up to 45° instead of "turning
around" at 90°. This is possible because of the symmetry of the trig
functions, e.g., sin 80° = cos 10°. Thus the table need only go as high
as 45°. However, it requires a double heading at the top and bottom of
each column. Depending on the angle, the left hand column can be either
the A or B value of the angle.

On the other hand, the table in Bowditch always has the A value on the
left and B on the right. In addition, the B column is boldface. These
things help you avoid blunders.

The other thing I don't like about Bayless is that he omits the leading
digits when they are the same for several consecutive entries. For example,

33925
   901
   876
   852
   827

so you have look in two places to get all the digits.

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