M&D/GR intersection (minor M&D spoiler)

[still lookin 4 the face i had b4 the world was made]

On Fri, 2 May 1997, Peter Petto wrote:
> Reverend Nevil Maskelyne was the fifth astronomer royal, who strongly
> promoted the lunar distance method for determining longitude against John
> Harrison's method that compared an accurate clock with Greenwich time to
> local noon. He published _Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris_ in
> 1766, updating until his death.

If my memory serves, the issue of determining longitude was central to
Umberto Eco's most recent novel, _The Island of the Day Before_.  

Max

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