RE: The Eclipse, the Eclipse!!
August 23, 2017 at 11:44 am
(This post was last modified: August 24, 2017 at 9:01 am by vorlon13.)
Realizing the state of the art technology in 1715 didn't include much of anything we would recognize as a precise scientific instrument. Ships were still becoming lost at sea and surveying the countryside accurately was barely possible.
That Halley was able to nevertheless generate a ground track map accurate to 20 miles is astonishing.
That Halley was able to nevertheless generate a ground track map accurate to 20 miles is astonishing.
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