You might check with the Mariner's Museum in Newport News to see if they
have chart from the era. Eighteenth Century charts regularly recorded
depths, and that would give you the answer. You might also check with the
Observatory in Greenwich, England for the same info.
Maurice Duke
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> In a message dated 6/29/05 9:08:29 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << Thank goodness there are others tired of this nonsense. Let's get back
> to
>
> History. >>
>
> I'm very interested in discovering if the upper Chickahominy was once deep
> enough for the 9- or 12-foot draft of colonial ships. Did this river
> behave
> like the Mattapony where a merchant ship could sail as far west as
> ylett -
> about 50 miles west of the Bay? Early development of the upper
> Chickahominy area
> certainly suggests that it was as navagable as the Mattapony, but lost
> records
> in New Kent County may prevent our knowledge of it.
>
> Now, how 'bout a current event of true historic proportions. Did you know
> that you will be able to observe an event this summer that no one living
> has
> ever observed; and no one living now will ever have an opportunity to
> observe
> again? Please see below.
>
> Joyce Browning
> Fairfax County, Virginia
> - - - - - - - - - -
>
> [Sorry, I can't source this article. A friend sent it to me.]
>
> The Red Planet is about to be spectacular! This month and next, Earth is
> catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest
> approach
> between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars may come
> this
> close is in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and
> perturbs
> its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this
> close to
> Earth in the Last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as 60,000 years
> before
> it happens again.
>
> The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within
> 34,649,589 miles of Earth and will be (next to the moon) the brightest
> object in the
> night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc
> seconds wide At a modest 75-power magnification
>
> Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. Mars will be
> easy
> to spot. At the beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10 p.m.
> and
> reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m.
>
> By the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at
> nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30a.m. That's
> pretty
> convenient to see something that no human being has seen in recorded
> history. So,
> mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars grow
> progressively
> brighter and brighter throughout the month.
>
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