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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 January 2010
This paper describes a method of constructing accuracy contours for a position line obtained by observing the horizontal angle between two stations. An example is given using an estimate made, from experimental evidence, of the observational errors that are likely to occur when such angles are measured by sextant. A recent paper by Cotter described the historical development of this method of obtaining a position line.