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Re: Updated Transcript of Worsley's Log
From: Lars Bergman
Date: 2017 Jan 27, 14:34 -0800
From: Lars Bergman
Date: 2017 Jan 27, 14:34 -0800
Nice work Brad,
I do however believe that the faint 1.7 below 274 shall be 137, being half of the dlat value. Inspecting the traverse tables Worsley looked for dlat=137 and dep=182.9 and found the closest values at course 53°, distance 229 miles. Multiplied by two gives the distance 458 mls to the target west of Wallis. He had actually no use for the value 365.8, but noted it down from old habit. If my theory holds ...
Lars
