: Gilbert Parker
: Northern Lights, Volume 5.
: Krill Press
: 9781518360749
: 1
: CHF 1.10
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: Erzählende Literatur
: English
: 70
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Gilbert Parker was a late 19th and early 20th century politician and novelist who wrote prodigiously. The British-Canadian's works are still popular in the 21st century.

THE ERROR OF THE DAY THE WHISPERER AS DEEP AS THE SEA: THE ERROR OF THE DAY


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THE “ERROR OF THE DAY” may be defined as “The difference between the distance or range which must be put upon the sights in order to hit the target and the actual distance from the gun to the target."—Admiralty Note.

A great naval gun never fires twice alike. It varies from day to day, and expert allowance has to be made in sighting every time it is fired. Variations in atmosphere, condition of ammunition, and the wear of the gun are the contributory causes to th