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Subject: Re: Quiz

Author:
Belvedere

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Date Posted: 23:58:17 01/27/04 Tue
In reply to: Pathfinder 's message, "Quiz" on 11:48:48 01/27/04 Tue

OK!
a) Dead Reconing. Or so it says here.
� Dead reckoning requires determination of direction and rate of travel. With a known starting location and a series of distance and direction data stored in a log and marked on a chart a mariner could safely arrive at the intended destination.
� Rate of travel requires measurement of time and velocity.
� To measure velocity the �log and line� was heaved over the side.
http://www.shsu.edu/~geo_mrl/433notes2.html

b)Lynne answered this one, it's from a book by C. A. Abbey called Before the Mast.
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/b/brassmonkeys.htm

c)Lynne also answered this one, kinda; Magnetic declination.

>What do you call the method of navigation that uses
>your bearing and speed to determine your location.
>Hint: Ancient Mariners used a Flosum to determine
>speed for this method.
>
>Where did the term freeze the balls off a brass monkey
>come from?
>
>What is the name for the difference between magnetic
>north and true north?
>
>Answer these questions correctly, and you will gain
>points for a prize.

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Re: Quiz	Pathfinder	09:51:16 01/28/04 Wed