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From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2014 Jan 19, 12:32 -0800
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"You might want to skip Weem's New Line of Position Book. I bought it because I liked the idea of having all the data for one latitude on one page, much like H.O. 214 and H.O. 249, since his first book is arranged like H.O. 229 by LHA. But when it came in the mail I didn't like it since it is so much bigger. He also introduces a new column of "Z" which can be used to calculate an approximate azimuth. I don't know why he included this column since this method is no easier than the method he already showed for computing azimuth using table "B" alone and it only produces an approximate azimuth so is not as accurate as the other method. I am attaching two photos of the two sets of tables. I have indicated the entries for latitude 20 degrees, LHA 11 degrees, just above the ruler."
From: Bruce J. Pennino <bpennino.ce@charter.net>
To: garylapook@pacbell.net
Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 8:23 PM
Subject: [NavList] Weems LOP Short Table Method
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