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Re: Using a slide rule for celnav
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2014 Jan 21, 20:09 -0800
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2014 Jan 21, 20:09 -0800
Gary, you wrote:
"A thorough study of thousands of sextant observations taken by professional navigators showed a standard deviation of about 1.5 minutes"
That doesn't ring a bell. Which study was that?
-FER
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