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Stark's Lunar Tables: log dec
From: Jeremy Clark
Date: 2019 Jun 9, 07:56 -0700
From: Jeremy Clark
Date: 2019 Jun 9, 07:56 -0700
Dear Sirs:
I have Bruce Stark’s book on the Lunar Method. I am trying to work through the examples. Do you know how the log Dec tables (p.275/291) are derived? Table 8 for instance is log10[60/min] and Table 7 is log10[240/min]. I can’t figure out a similar arrangement for log Dec.
Best Regards
Jeremy Clark
Toronto, Ontario, Canada