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Re: The Nautical Day
From: Trevor Kenchington
Date: 2004 Feb 8, 09:41 +0000
From: Trevor Kenchington
Date: 2004 Feb 8, 09:41 +0000
George wrote:
> But what
> causes Trevor to think that the noon-to-noon reckoning could have been by
> the Nautical Day, 12 hours ahead of the Civil Day, rather than by the
> Astronomical Day, 12 hours behind the Civil Day? That's what I am trying to
> establish; the era in which Nautical Time finally fell out of use.
Is there any reason to think that the astronomical day was _ever_ used
for keeping the ship's time at sea (as distinct from being used when
consulting an almanac, which it clearly was)?
Trevor Kenchington
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