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Paper by Bill and Merri Carter
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2010 Nov 22, 15:12 -0400
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2010 Nov 22, 15:12 -0400
RIN members might want to be on the lookout for a paper in the latest
issue of The Journal of Navigation:
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=7896219
Title and abstract:
The Age of Sail: A Time when the Fortunes of Nations and Lives of
Seamen Literally Turned with the Winds Their Ships Encountered at Sea
This paper examines the evidence to support the view that the
inability of seamen to determine accurate longitude at sea in sailing
ships was a major factor in the loss of ships and crews that was
effectively solved by the introduction of the marine chronometer. It
concludes that this was not the case and that a more compelling factor
for the safety of ships was the introduction of mechanical propulsion
systems.
-- Richard Langley
P.S. Sorry if this paper has been discussed before but I didn't find
mention of it while searching the list archives.
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Richard B. Langley E-mail: lang@unb.ca
Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/
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University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943
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