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Re: Sight Reduction by the Cosine Haversine Method

From: Chuck Taylor (no email)
Date: Wed Oct 06 2004 - 16:48:50 EDT

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    --- Herbert Prinz <> wrote:

    > Can someone tell us who coined the name "haversine"?

    Not with any authority, but I found the following
    citation:

     "haversine", Oxford English Dictionary. Cites coinage
    by Prof. Jas. Inman, D. D., in his Navigation and
    Nautical Astronomy, 3rd ed. (1835).

    at

    http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Versed_sine

    I am grateful to Herbert Prinz for his informative
    posting about the history of versed sines and
    haversines.

    Best regards to all,

    Chuck Taylor
    North of Seattle

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