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Re: learning sight reduction
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2006 May 4, 11:41 -0500
I just wanted to recall that once I published
a formula for altitude and azimuth on this list,
taken from an old
Russian manual,
that is optimized
for the use on calculators with only one memory cell,
like Casio fx.
It is in my message Sat Feb 12 2005 - 16:28:43 EST.
(It minimizes the total number of inputs).
Alex
On Thu, 4 May 2006, Carl Herzog wrote:
>
>
> I have a Sharp EL-506V that allows degrees, minutes and seconds. I
> convert back and forth between second and tenths of a minute in my head.
> It also uses "Direct Algebraic Logic", so I can enter the formulae as
> normally written. I've found that's made things a lot easier.
>
> I keep the Hc and Z formulae -- along with a couple other commonly used
> ones -- scribbled on a card taped to the back of the calculator cover.
>
> Carl Herzog
> Providence, RI
>
>
>
>
> >
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From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2006 May 4, 11:41 -0500
I just wanted to recall that once I published
a formula for altitude and azimuth on this list,
taken from an old
Russian manual,
that is optimized
for the use on calculators with only one memory cell,
like Casio fx.
It is in my message Sat Feb 12 2005 - 16:28:43 EST.
(It minimizes the total number of inputs).
Alex
On Thu, 4 May 2006, Carl Herzog wrote:
>
>
> I have a Sharp EL-506V that allows degrees, minutes and seconds. I
> convert back and forth between second and tenths of a minute in my head.
> It also uses "Direct Algebraic Logic", so I can enter the formulae as
> normally written. I've found that's made things a lot easier.
>
> I keep the Hc and Z formulae -- along with a couple other commonly used
> ones -- scribbled on a card taped to the back of the calculator cover.
>
> Carl Herzog
> Providence, RI
>
>
>
>
> >
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