03-12-2024, 04:45 AM
Greetings.
I agree that ABC tables are easier, but Pub.260 is used so I wanted to suffer the same way as the fellas who are using it. Just kidding. SAintHillaire method is pretty much plotting, not calculations. So some 19 century methods included quite a lot of plotting. I found Dutton 1943, eighth edition, gives a lot of dated solutions but from the knowledge point of view- they are interesting. Anyway, I am preparing to try Johnson's method. It is quite logical.
Thanks for your response.
And by the way, there is nothing wrong in being armchair expert. Famous Professor Vise discovered the island in the Arctic ocean without leaving his office.
I agree that ABC tables are easier, but Pub.260 is used so I wanted to suffer the same way as the fellas who are using it. Just kidding. SAintHillaire method is pretty much plotting, not calculations. So some 19 century methods included quite a lot of plotting. I found Dutton 1943, eighth edition, gives a lot of dated solutions but from the knowledge point of view- they are interesting. Anyway, I am preparing to try Johnson's method. It is quite logical.
Thanks for your response.
And by the way, there is nothing wrong in being armchair expert. Famous Professor Vise discovered the island in the Arctic ocean without leaving his office.