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History of refraction and other altitude corrections
From: Roger Errington Jr.
Date: 2023 Jul 11, 08:14 -0700
From: Roger Errington Jr.
Date: 2023 Jul 11, 08:14 -0700
I have been reading Cotter's "A History of Nautical Astronomy." It got me wondering about something and I have not been able to locate an answer online. Who/how did the ancient astronomers realize that the apparent position of the stars was not the true position due to refraction?
