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From: Dale Lichtblau
Date: 2024 Feb 13, 17:31 -0800
My neighbor has a rather large collection of original nautical logs and charts from the 1800s.
This afternoon we tried to plot the course of some ship (name unknown) making a round-trip from Liverpool to Galveston and back. (There was some remark in the Remarks section about the Captain being relieved of his command!)
My (embarassing) ignorance is what exactly the standard log headings mean? Some of it is obvious, I admit.)
H K F COURSES. WINDS. LEEWAY. Thermometer. Baromemter REMARKS. day of 18
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Course. Distance. Diff. of Lat. Departure. Lat. by D. R. Lat. by Ob. Variation. Diff. of Lon. Lon. in. Lon. by Ob.
And help would, of course, be greatly appreciated. I looked on-line, but without much success.
Dr. Dale
