Comments on: Grab the Nearest Book /blog/2004/04/grab-the-nearest-book/ But I fear more for Muninn... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:30:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 By: Chris /blog/2004/04/grab-the-nearest-book/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://muninn.net/blog/2004/04/grab-the-nearest-book.html#comment-127 “Werner suggested that astronomers should map the positions of the stars along the moon’s path and predict when the moon would brush by each one-on every moonlit night, month to month, for years to come.” Sobel, Dava. Longitude

The German astronomer Johannes Werner struck on a way to use the motion of the moon as a location finder.

]]> By: Chris /blog/2004/04/grab-the-nearest-book/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://muninn.net/blog/2004/04/grab-the-nearest-book.html#comment-128 “Werner suggested that astronomers should map the positions of the stars along the moon’s path and predict when the moon would brush by each one-on every moonlit night, month to month, for years to come.” Sobel, Dava. Longitude

The German astronomer Johannes Werner struck on a way to use the motion of the moon as a location finder.

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