Link to the related website that has useful info: the Age of Nelson.

This forum is devoted to the Royal Navy during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1793 - 1815).
And why not the other navies of the period?
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Post Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:16 pm    Post subject: General remark Reply with quote

Please post here topics related to sources, research tools, etc.

Other more general topics or queries are better read and answered on the general forum.

I have moved some posts there.

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Post Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 4:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Your question is a tough one.
I think that , as you say, eye sight and quality of the optic were factors as was the eight above the sea the observer was posted.

But I believe that the most important factors were the weather and the time of the day : morning mist, sunset, position of the sun (or the moon), etc.
For the weather, there were plenty of conditions which can reduce the range of sight : waves, fog, grains, rain, etc.
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