[Bill Barton]

My confusion has been over the use of minutes and seconds as divisions of both degrees (of declination or right ascension) and hours (of right ascension). A complete circle is either 360 degrees or 24 hours so these minutes and seconds are actually different sizes.

[Bill Barton]

It’s the day before the Society for the History of Astronomy‘s Summer Picnic at the Norwich Astronomical Society‘s Observatory.

[Bill Barton]

Yes, that’s the one. 

Herbert Tomkins lived locally and his biography is on the OASI website.

Thank You.

[Bill Barton]

Jeremy,

The image I would like to use was published as a frontispiece in volume 42 and printed between pages 90 and 91.

The photographper died in 1934, so is unavailable to contact for permission.

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