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Re: Longitude by lunar and solar transit
From: Peter Monta
Date: 2014 Jun 2, 14:30 -0700

Here is the next section in Chauvenet, extending the method for theodolites (for the "travelling observer"):

The error due to off-meridian observations is given on page 379; within 15 degrees of the meridian it is very small.

Cheers,
Peter

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