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Re: Nautical Almanac Question
From: Greg R_
Date: 2006 May 31, 15:33 -0500
Robert wrote:
> I went out to my boat (it is still sitting
> high and dry beside my house)
Do you get better gas mileage on land than on water? Just curious.... ;-)
> Lest you feel foolish for missing it, I sifted through some previous
> almanacs and noted that I had written "equation of time" on the margin of
> the appropriate section which tells me that I had a hard time finding it
> myself!
Thanks - if the experts on these lists missed it too I feel like I'm in good
company... ;-)
--
GregR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Eno" <enoid@northwestel.net>
To: <NavList@fer3.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 12:41 PM
Subject: [NavList 354] Re: Nautical Almac Question
>
> Greg,
>
> Further to my previous reply, I went out to my boat (it is still sitting
> high and dry beside my house) and checked my commercial NA. Information
can
> be found on the same page, same section as the Government version.
>
> Lest you feel foolish for missing it, I sifted through some previous
> almanacs and noted that I had written "equation of time" on the margin of
> the appropriate section which tells me that I had a hard time finding it
> myself!
>
> Robert
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg R." <gregr_ingest@yahoo.com>
> To: "Navigation Mailing List" <NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM>;
> "NavList" <NavList@fer3.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 2:53 PM
> Subject: [NavList 351] Nautical Almac Question
>
>
> >
> > Can anyone tell me why some of the "Eqn. of Time" entries in the
Nautical
> > Almanac are shaded and some are not? (A good example is the page for
June
> > 12, 13 and 14 where there's an example of both). I'm guessing that's
> > related to the Equation of Time reversing sign (maybe the shaded entries
> > are
> > negative?), since the values seem to be decreasing up to June 13 and
then
> > increasing).
> >
> > My copy (2006 Commercial Edition) doesn't seem to have any info on
that -
> > seems like the government version used to have a much more in-depth
> > explanation section on just about everything in the body of the Almanac,
> > but
> > it's been years since I've seen a copy so I could be remembering wrong
on
> > that.
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > GregR
> >
> >
> >
> > >
>
>
> >
>
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From: Greg R_
Date: 2006 May 31, 15:33 -0500
Robert wrote:
> I went out to my boat (it is still sitting
> high and dry beside my house)
Do you get better gas mileage on land than on water? Just curious.... ;-)
> Lest you feel foolish for missing it, I sifted through some previous
> almanacs and noted that I had written "equation of time" on the margin of
> the appropriate section which tells me that I had a hard time finding it
> myself!
Thanks - if the experts on these lists missed it too I feel like I'm in good
company... ;-)
--
GregR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Eno" <enoid@northwestel.net>
To: <NavList@fer3.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 12:41 PM
Subject: [NavList 354] Re: Nautical Almac Question
>
> Greg,
>
> Further to my previous reply, I went out to my boat (it is still sitting
> high and dry beside my house) and checked my commercial NA. Information
can
> be found on the same page, same section as the Government version.
>
> Lest you feel foolish for missing it, I sifted through some previous
> almanacs and noted that I had written "equation of time" on the margin of
> the appropriate section which tells me that I had a hard time finding it
> myself!
>
> Robert
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg R." <gregr_ingest@yahoo.com>
> To: "Navigation Mailing List" <NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM>;
> "NavList" <NavList@fer3.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 2:53 PM
> Subject: [NavList 351] Nautical Almac Question
>
>
> >
> > Can anyone tell me why some of the "Eqn. of Time" entries in the
Nautical
> > Almanac are shaded and some are not? (A good example is the page for
June
> > 12, 13 and 14 where there's an example of both). I'm guessing that's
> > related to the Equation of Time reversing sign (maybe the shaded entries
> > are
> > negative?), since the values seem to be decreasing up to June 13 and
then
> > increasing).
> >
> > My copy (2006 Commercial Edition) doesn't seem to have any info on
that -
> > seems like the government version used to have a much more in-depth
> > explanation section on just about everything in the body of the Almanac,
> > but
> > it's been years since I've seen a copy so I could be remembering wrong
on
> > that.
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > GregR
> >
> >
> >
> > >
>
>
> >
>
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