If you interest has been peaked by this discussion, I would recommend a popular and well-written book on the topic of Longitude. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time The English government put up a good deal of money to try and get a solution. The competition was between clock makers ( an accurate clock useable on a ship solves the problem) the approaches using lunar measurements. Ultimately, the clock approach won. Obtaining the lunar measurements was an exacting challenge. Wikipedia has summary discussion. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jul 29 2010 - 23:22:55 PDT
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