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Re: The Nautical Mile and the arc minute
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2015 Jun 5, 11:46 -0700
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2015 Jun 5, 11:46 -0700
Well, somebody said "aha" at the latest, 1599.
See my prior post:
http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/Certaine-Errors-Navigation-Corrected-LaPook-sep-2007-g3253
Compete test of this section Wright:
http://www.fer3.com/arc/img/104274.wrights%20great%20circle%20method.pdf
And his errata from a later edition. He corrects the errors I pointed out in my analysis of his description of his method (lower right part of errata sheet.)
http://www.fer3.com/arc/img/104274.errata.pdf
And see:
http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/Certaine-Errors-Navigation-Corrected-LaPook-sep-2007-g3251
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