On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Rudolf Hooijenga wrote: > I have just put an English-language summary of Bulletin 00.3 on my homepage. > To make it more interesting, I added some of the pictures. Hopefully it does > not slow down your connection too much. > > http://www.rhayward.demon.nl/ > > Regards, > Rudolf
I saw with interest the point at section 27: ====================== How to cope without a protractor J.A.F. de Rijk Hans notes that one of the angles in the famous 3,4,5 triangle is 53,1, which happens to be the latitude in the north of the Netherlands. Such a triangle is easily made and can be used to test if a pole style is correctly aimed. ====================== Which of course implies that the other acute angle is 36.9 degrees, very nicely placed for a band across the US, not far south of my location! It describes a latitude line from Monterey Bay in central California, through the Arizona/Utah border, New Mexico/Colorado, Oklahoma/Kansas, Missouri/Arkansas, and Tennessee/Kentucky... Not bad, for such a simple device! Dave Bell N37.3 W122
