On Sat 2020-05-23T12:21:17-0700 jimlux hath writ: > > So fiendishly difficult that the first time the task was completed was > > not until 1899 > > And how long did Mr. Schott and the team work on it?
The reason that this report was in the Lick library is that the observatory hosted one of the sites in 1888. google will reveal scans of a lot of the preliminary reports for the traverse in parts farther east. -- Steve Allen <s...@ucolick.org> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB 260 Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 https://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.