• A Book that is Useless

    From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 26 02:23:42 2021
    The title of the book, available on this page,

    https://archive.org/details/howtokeepclockr01warngoog

    is "How to Keep the Clock Right By Observations of the Fixed
    Stars with a Small Fixed Telescope and a Little Arithmetic".

    Nowadays, of course, what with smartphones setting their time
    over the Internet automatically, and various other contrivances
    for highly accurate timekeeping being available at little expense for
    those who wish to do so, it is unlikely any amateur would feel the
    need to set up his very own transit circle.

    And, of course, the tables in the book are rather out of date due
    to the precession of the equinoxes.

    But understanding how a transit circle works - and how it can
    work, because the complex Equation of Time affects the Sun's
    position, but *not* that of the stars - is of course useful to a
    sound understanding of astronomy, as a frequent poster here
    is evidence of.

    John Savard

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  • From kelleher.gerald@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Tue Oct 26 05:10:16 2021
    On Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 10:23:44 AM UTC+1, Quadibloc wrote:
    The title of the book, available on this page,

    https://archive.org/details/howtokeepclockr01warngoog

    is "How to Keep the Clock Right By Observations of the Fixed
    Stars with a Small Fixed Telescope and a Little Arithmetic".

    Nowadays, of course, what with smartphones setting their time
    over the Internet automatically, and various other contrivances
    for highly accurate timekeeping being available at little expense for
    those who wish to do so, it is unlikely any amateur would feel the
    need to set up his very own transit circle.

    And, of course, the tables in the book are rather out of date due
    to the precession of the equinoxes.

    But understanding how a transit circle works - and how it can
    work, because the complex Equation of Time affects the Sun's
    position, but *not* that of the stars - is of course useful to a
    sound understanding of astronomy, as a frequent poster here
    is evidence of.

    John Savard


    You spend too much time on the science fantasy forums and therefore are too wishy washy to know the difference between checking the accuracy of a clock daily using circumpolar motion as opposed to affirming the planet turns once in 24 hours using the
    averaging process expressed by the Equation of Time(keeping).

    Stick with what you know if that is all you can manage, but others can do better. The following statement is both crude and false, even though it was the RA/Dec framework by which Sir Isaac tried to rob solar system research of its interpretative
    qualities-

    "... our clocks kept so good a correspondence with the Heavens that I doubt it not, but they would prove the revolutions of the Earth to be isochronical [constant]... " Flamsteed to Moore

    The title of the book is fine if all it means is checking the accuracy of a watch of clock, when it overreaches and determines that RA/Dec displaces the 24 hour and Lat/Long systems then it would be bogus.

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Tue Oct 26 16:03:21 2021
    On Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 2:23:44 AM UTC-7, Quadibloc wrote:
    The title of the book, available on this page,

    https://archive.org/details/howtokeepclockr01warngoog

    is "How to Keep the Clock Right By Observations of the Fixed
    Stars with a Small Fixed Telescope and a Little Arithmetic".

    Nowadays, of course, what with smartphones setting their time
    over the Internet automatically, and various other contrivances
    for highly accurate timekeeping being available at little expense for
    those who wish to do so, it is unlikely any amateur would feel the
    need to set up his very own transit circle.

    And, of course, the tables in the book are rather out of date due
    to the precession of the equinoxes.

    But understanding how a transit circle works - and how it can
    work, because the complex Equation of Time affects the Sun's
    position, but *not* that of the stars - is of course useful to a
    sound understanding of astronomy, as a frequent poster here
    is evidence of.

    John Savard

    My telescope use sand clock for time keeping!
    Cheap, plenty of sand around too!
    Bruhaha!

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  • From The Therapist@21:1/5 to kellehe...@gmail.com on Tue Oct 26 23:49:01 2021
    On 10/26/21 8:10 AM, kellehe...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 10:23:44 AM UTC+1, Quadibloc wrote:
    The title of the book, available on this page,

    https://archive.org/details/howtokeepclockr01warngoog

    is "How to Keep the Clock Right By Observations of the Fixed
    Stars with a Small Fixed Telescope and a Little Arithmetic".

    Nowadays, of course, what with smartphones setting their time
    over the Internet automatically, and various other contrivances
    for highly accurate timekeeping being available at little expense for
    those who wish to do so, it is unlikely any amateur would feel the
    need to set up his very own transit circle.

    And, of course, the tables in the book are rather out of date due
    to the precession of the equinoxes.

    But understanding how a transit circle works - and how it can
    work, because the complex Equation of Time affects the Sun's
    position, but *not* that of the stars - is of course useful to a
    sound understanding of astronomy, as a frequent poster here
    is evidence of.

    John Savard


    You spend too much time on the science fantasy forums and therefore are too wishy washy to know the difference between checking the accuracy of a clock daily using circumpolar motion as opposed to affirming the planet turns once in 24 hours using the
    averaging process expressed by the Equation of Time(keeping).

    Stick with what you know if that is all you can manage, but others can do better. The following statement is both crude and false, even though it was the RA/Dec framework by which Sir Isaac tried to rob solar system research of its interpretative
    qualities-

    "... our clocks kept so good a correspondence with the Heavens that I doubt it not, but they would prove the revolutions of the Earth to be isochronical [constant]... " Flamsteed to Moore

    The title of the book is fine if all it means is checking the accuracy of a watch of clock, when it overreaches and determines that RA/Dec displaces the 24 hour and Lat/Long systems then it would be bogus.


    You need a therapist.

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?fred__k._engels=C2=AE?=@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 28 06:51:08 2021
    The guy is too busy sucking on mom's tits for that!!!!!!!
    here's why he posts useless horseshit® like this

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M24W4r8ppv4
    & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-993ampZHQ&list=PLmx7HMepeSoXU1Az7tDHcaodz4UdsPfex&index=74



    You need a therapist.

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 28 14:09:36 2021
    On Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 6:51:17 AM UTC-7, fred k. engels® wrote:
    The guy is too busy sucking on mom's tits for that!!!!!!!
    here's why he posts useless horseshit® like this

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M24W4r8ppv4
    & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-993ampZHQ&list=PLmx7HMepeSoXU1Az7tDHcaodz4UdsPfex&index=74



    You need a therapist.

    Suck more!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyjJGrv7z3U

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?fred__k._engels=C2=AE?=@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 29 07:32:50 2021
    ALL MEMBERS - PLEASE READ - IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
    Prime Minister Justin Blackface tweeted his condolences that those Chicoms
    have just launched ANOTHER massive spy satellite into
    orbit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztP6XlprT14


    So, How's that astro photography horseshit® working out for ya?

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