I don't think so - but the sextant was far from the first celestial navigation tool. In real life electricity flows from - to + in copper wire, but we all work with the idea it goes + to - with no issues. The math is the same whichever body is actually moving for sun sights.
Joe Della Barba From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of dwight veinot Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 10:01 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Sextant Was the sextant invented before we knew the difference? Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, Alianna Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS ________________________________ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Frederick G Street Sent: January 28, 2013 10:45 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Sextant Yes, that's common knowledge; but the process of doing celestial navigation actually presumes that the earth (or your location on it) is fixed, and the sun is doing the moving. Here's one of the more concise books on the topic: http://www.amazon.com/Celestial-Navigation-Yachtsmen-Mary-Blewitt/dp/0070059284 Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Jan 28, 2013, at 6:01 AM, dwight veinot <dwightvei...@hfx.eastlink.ca<mailto:dwightvei...@hfx.eastlink.ca>> wrote: Is it not common knowledge that the sun essentially remains fixed for all intents and purposes and the earth does the moving? ________________________________ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2639/5563 - Release Date: 01/28/13
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