Interesting. The Chinese found the longitude of Mombasa in the 16 century (I think it was) without chronometers using eclipses, using the method outlined in the article. With good means to predict the occurrence of eclipses, they planned such observations.
Best regards and happy new year Kevin On 29 Dec 2010, at 04:56, R Wall wrote: > Hi all, > > Found the following on the eclipse of the Moon on Pitcairn Island in 233 B.C. > They say that they were able to determine the longitude of Pitcairn Island > from the eclipse of the Moon and this was in 233 B.C. > > http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/articles/Pitcairn_Island.pdf > > Roderick Wall. > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
