Sextants At Greenwich

Author : W. F. J. Mörzer Bruyns
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191608904
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sextants at Greenwich written by W. F. J. Mörzer Bruyns and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sextants at Greenwich consists of two main sections: The introductory chapters and the catalogue of navigating instruments of the National Maritime Museum. The first section gives a general overview of the history of celestial navigation with an emphasis on the instruments that were developed and used for that purpose, between about 1450 and the 1970s. The instruments in the catalogue form the main thread in these chapters. The catalogue consists of 347 entries of instruments for celestial navigation, the octants, sextants and related instruments preserved in the National Maritime Museum. Each entry includes the place of the object's origin, its maker, the object's date, inscriptions (by the maker and/or relating to an owner), the graduated scale, the instrument's dimensions and a general description that includes details such as used materials and detached parts. Finally the object's provenance (previous owners and/or users) and references to literature on its history and handling are given.

Author : W.F.J. Mörzer Bruyns
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199532540
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sextants at Greenwich written by W.F.J. Mörzer Bruyns and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Nathaniel Bowditch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 886 pages
Book Rating : 4.5M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Practical Navigator written by Nathaniel Bowditch and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rebekah Higgitt
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137520647
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Navigational Enterprises in Europe and its Empires, 1730–1850 written by Rebekah Higgitt and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-19 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the development of navigation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It examines the role of men of science, seamen and practitioners across Europe, and the realities of navigational practice, showing that old and new methods were complementary not exclusive, their use dependent on many competing factors.

Author : Alexander J. Kent
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000834417
Total Pages : 695 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Geospatial Technologies and Society written by Alexander J. Kent and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-17 with total page 695 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Geospatial Technologies and Society provides a relevant and comprehensive reference point for research and practice in this dynamic field. It offers detailed explanations of geospatial technologies and provides critical reviews and appraisals of their application in society within international and multi-disciplinary contexts as agents of change. The ability of geospatial data to transform knowledge in contemporary and future societies forms an important theme running throughout the entire volume. Contributors reflect on the changing role of geospatial technologies in society and highlight new applications that represent transformative directions in society and point towards new horizons. Furthermore, they encourage dialogue across disciplines to bring new theoretical perspectives on geospatial technologies, from neurology to heritage studies. The international contributions from leading scholars and influential practitioners that constitute the Handbook provide a wealth of critical examples of these technologies as agents of change in societies around the globe. The book will appeal to advanced undergraduates and practitioners interested or engaged in their application worldwide.

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004412840
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scientific Instruments between East and West written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-09-02 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific Instruments between East and West is a collection of essays on the transmission of knowledge about scientific instruments and the trade in such instruments between the Eastern and Western worlds.

Author : W. H. Simms
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sextant and Its Applications written by W. H. Simms and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Drower
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752468057
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sails, Skippers and Sextants written by George Drower and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The inventions, the innovations, the stories, the surprises. A combination of history, reference and entertainment – something for every seafarer and many others too.' - Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence. People have been sailing for thousands of years, but we've come some distance from longboats and clippers. How did we arrive here? In fifty tales of inventors and innovations, Sails, Skippers and Sextants looks at the history of one of our most enjoyable pastimes, from the monarch who pioneered English yachting to the engineer who invented sailboards. The stories are sometimes inspiring, usually amusing and often intriguing – so grab your lifejacket, it's going to be quite an adventure.

Author : John Lankford
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136508341
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Astronomy written by John Lankford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Encyclopedia traces the history of the oldest science from the ancient world to the space age in over 300 entries by leading experts.

Author : William H. SIMMS
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sextant and Its Applications; Including the Correction of Observations for Instrumental Errors, and the Determination of Latitude, Time, and Longitude, by Various Methods written by William H. SIMMS and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: