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Re: Transcript Of Worsleys Navigational Log Book
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2017 Feb 2, 10:30 -0500
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2017 Feb 2, 10:30 -0500
Hello Lars
transformation from time 3h22m6s to arc 50°31'34" that correctly should be 50°31'30".
I cannot read the last character, this may have been determined earlier from calculations. Updated and notes reflect the reason
a lonely "30" (above 5.10.14)
I have updated it to a lonely 39. I think this and the other crossed out numbers reflect various times, it appears that he is altering the seconds. As in 5.10.39 and 5.10.14 and 5.10.26 etc
noon longitude given as 39°3'6
I've moved the ' mark to the line above. There is a mark just above and between the 3 and the 6. Upon careful inspection, I do not think that the mark was intended to be between them. As to it being a 4 or a 6, there is no dispute, it's a 6, so 39°36 is given as the noon longitude. Unexplained is why "39°364 Noon" appears in the lower left corner, in obvious disagreement.
ATTACHED, please find version 3.4 of the Transcript.
ROBIN and LARS, please note
I may be attending the NavList Conference, schedule permitting. I think the terms dictated to me about the images of the pages allow me to let you and others observe them, as long as they are not reproduced in any way. This will allow interested parties to see Worley's actual writing. Perhaps then the difficulty of this task will become evident
Brad
