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Re: On Math and Navigation
From: Bill B
Date: 2014 Sep 17, 15:16 -0400
From: Bill B
Date: 2014 Sep 17, 15:16 -0400
On 9/17/2014 11:46 AM, Samuel L wrote: > I have to reflect that while I'm not good at math my guess is most > navigators of old had little or no education. Captain Thomas Hubbard Sumner discovered the line of position, albeit quite by accident. He was a Harvard graduate and considered by some a brilliant mathematician. While it's not Devry University, Princeton or M.I.T., some would consider that a decent education ;-)
