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George:
You seem to have received more than enough help - Herberts attachment of
Table XXXV, at least as I received it, is quite readable, so I will
assume that you are by now happlily calculating away.
On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 23:04:47 +0100 George Huxtable
<> writes:
> Thanks to Henry Halboth and to Bruce Stark for helpful replies.
>
> I don't blame Henry (or University libraries either) for being
> reluctant to
> subject their precious rare volumes to being opened flat on the bed
> of a
> scanner. Indeed, it's about time a scanner was developed which could
> be
> insrted into the cleavage between two pages, scanning right into the
> corner, so that the spine doesn't need to be opened more than 90
> degrees.
>
> So instead I will ask Henry to extract some relevant values from
> table
> XXXV, as he Kindly offered, to provide values for the 3rd and 4th
> corrections..
>
> 20 July 1816, App.dist. 57deg 54' 41", Moon's corr. 41' 36", 1st
> corr. 22' 21"
>
> 31 July 1820, App. dist 93deg 40' 26", Moon's corr 50' 39", 1st corr
> 49' 10"
>
> 24 July 1821, App.dist. 58deg 11' 56", Moon's corr 48' 22", 1st corr
> 27' 51"
>
> 1 Aug 1823, App dist. 69deg 57' 54", Moon's corr 50' 45", 1st corr
> 23' 24"
>
> 2 Aug 1823, App. dist. 55deg 15'39", Moon's corr. 52'51", 1st corr
> 29'45"
>
> Have I provided enough information there, to enable him to find the
> third
> and fourth corrections?
>
> But if any member happens to have access to that 1839 (or earlier)
> Norie's
> with a table XXXV of 3 pages extending to 120 deg, and an easy-going
> librarian who will allow copying, then I would be most grateful for
> a copy
> of that table.
>
> George.
>
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