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Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥 (peterdrake@qoto.org)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 11:00:35 JST Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥
- 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
@freemo Why wasn't this used to solve the famous longitude problem?

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  🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 11:01:50 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
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  @peterdrake Because it addresses lattitude (distance north and south) not longitude (location west and east). It wasnt used for latitude because using a sexton would be more accurate with the tools of the time.
  
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  Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥 (peterdrake@qoto.org)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 11:12:18 JST Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥
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  @freemo Then I'm confused by your statement that it can be "used to determine latitude or longitude".
  
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  🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 11:13:31 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
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  @peterdrake oops that was not what i meant to say. I meant to say "lattitude or compass direction". let me correct that now (it will orphan your comments) thanks.
  
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