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Re: Quartz article: reinstating celestial...
From: John D. Howard
Date: 2015 Oct 21, 20:56 -0700
From: John D. Howard
Date: 2015 Oct 21, 20:56 -0700
Try the Hanno Ix et al haversine method. No negative numbers, no logs, fast and easy. One trig table of about eight pages. Pencil and paper, no computer or books of tables needed. If your calculater goes out you are stuck with ONE multiplacation. Just saying.
John H.
