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Useful info without instruments
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2006 Apr 8, 13:46 +1000
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2006 Apr 8, 13:46 +1000
Alexandre wrote: > about a US pilot in Korean war, who could determine > his coordinates with a reasonable precision just by looking at the stars > and at his chronometer, > without a sextant:-) What is a lot less amazing; just a practical skill I guess many develop as needed, is the ability to tell the time accurately enough by reference to the nightly progression of constellations across the sky, without instruments.
