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Sextants At Greenwich eBook

A Catalogue Of The Mariner''S Quadrants, Mariner''S Astrolabes Cross-Staffs, Backstaffs, Octants, Sextants, Quintants, Reflecting Circles And Artifici

by W. F. J. Morzer Bruyns e Richard Dunn
language: english
Publisher: OUP Oxford, June of 2009 ‧
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This book describes the history and development of navigating instruments. Before satellites these were used to measure the altitude of the sun and stars above the horizon, to determine the ship's position at sea. The book also contains a catalogue of 347 mariner's astrolabes, cross-staffs, backstaffs, and octants, sextants and artificial horizons.

Sextants At Greenwich

A Catalogue Of The Mariner''S Quadrants, Mariner''S Astrolabes Cross-Staffs, Backstaffs, Octants, Sextants, Quintants, Reflecting Circles And Artifici

by W. F. J. Morzer Bruyns e Richard Dunn

Property Description
ISBN: 9780191559754
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date: June of 2009
Language: English
Format: eBook
File Format and Compatibility: PDF para ADE
Categories: eBooks in English > History > General History
EAN: 9780191559754