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Re: Lunar distances

Subject: Re: Lunar distances
From: Michael Wescott (wescott_mike@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri Jan 25 2002 - 13:16:29 EST

Chuck Griffiths <griffiths_chuck@XXX.XXX> said:
> I'm curious whether anyone has an old enough edition of Bowditch to
> still have tables for clearing lunar distances. I believe that the
> tables and explanations were included until the mid-60's. What did
> these tables provide solutions for?

I was curious about this myself some years back and couldn't find
decent explanation of the lunar method in editions of Bowditch back
as far as the 1920's. 

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        Mike Wescott
        Wescott_Mike@XXX.XXX



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