Re:Are two heads better than one?
by bandrami on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @05:53AM
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> A minute per day would be far too much drift for navigation, wouldn't it?
Even that was much better than the dead-reckoning they had to do in bluewater before working chronometers were invented. Your ship's "position" would be a triangle that might have sides ten miles long at lower latitudes.
Even that was much better than the dead-reckoning they had to do in bluewater before working chronometers were invented. Your ship's "position" would be a triangle that might have sides ten miles long at lower latitudes.