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Re: Life on an Ocean Liner
From: Bill Lionheart
Date: 2016 Apr 27, 16:36 +0100

Could they have called out "now" to someone not visible who had the
chronometer? If you had plenty of people to help maybe that would have
been normal on a ship?

Bill

On 27 April 2016 at 16:18, Stan K  wrote:
> Sean,
>
> You said:
>
> Neither officer appears to note the time of their shots.
>
>
> Agreed, the scene was probably staged, but if they were taking noon sights
> for latitude, the time was not critical.
>
> Stan
>
> 

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