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Re: Location, Location, Location

From: Budelberger Richard <budelberger.richard~at~free.fr>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 02:30:08 +0200
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>, "Jules Verne Society YAHOO Group" <jvs_gb~at~yahoogroups.com>

1er Thermidor an CCIX (le 19 juillet 2001 d.c.-d.c.g.), 02h25

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From: "Harry Hayfield" <harry~at~hhayfield.fsnet.co.uk>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 11:28 PM
Subject: Location, Location, Location

> Ever since I downloaded it from the Internet "To the Moon and Back" has
> been causing me grief, in terms of figuring out where something is.
>
> According to the book, Stones Hill is "situated eighteen hundred feet
> above the level of the sea, in 27~at~ 7' N. lat. and 5@ 7' W. long. of the
> meridian of Washington"
>
> Now, this would suggest that it is located at 27° 7' North and as
> Washington is located at 77° 1' 48" West, that would place it
> at 84° 8' 48" West of the Greenwich Meridian.

    Eûh... 77° 1' 48" + 5° 7' = 82° 8' 48"...

> I then logged into the Geochache website, and placed the above GPS
> location and asked members if they could take a picture of the location,
> expecting a flood of photos. No photos arrived, but instead this did:
>
> "It's in the water"
>
> Looking at a map I did indeed note that he was correct.
>
> So my question is "Was there ever an island at 27° 7' North Latitude and
> 84° 8' 48" West Longitude and if so what happened to it?"
>
> Harry Hayfield
Received on Thu 19 Jul 2001 - 03:38:51 IDT

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