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Re: Persistence and demise of Lunars
From: Wolfgang Köberer
Date: 2017 Dec 10, 11:01 -0800
From: Wolfgang Köberer
Date: 2017 Dec 10, 11:01 -0800
Frank,
the Nautisches Jahrbuch for 1919 and 1921 (published 1918 and 1920) both include a separate section for lunar distances. It seems that they were taken out of the general pages around 1906 and confined to this special section printed on red paper - which, by the way is also the colour that arrest warrants are printed on in Germany nowadays and probably since time immemorial. I haven't found out when they were dropped completely but will let you know when I find out.
Cheers
Wolfgang
