Astronomers Vs Harrison (clock maker) ref Longitude problem

In message , Ron Larham
writes

"oriel36" wrote in message
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Craig Oldfield wrote:

[SNIP]

Even when it is pointed out to you that a star returns to the
same
position in 23 hours 56 min 04 sec of a 24 hour day and this is
fine as
long as you do NOT attempt to justify it astronomically

I beg you pardon!?

It is an astronomical observation.

RonL


You possibly haven't seen Gerald's posts on this, which go back years
and have yet to provide anything that wasn't in the very first one.
There's nobody home.