EBOOK Sextants at Greenwich:A Catalogue of the Mariner's Quadrants, Mariner's Astrolabes, Cross-staf -

EBOOK Sextants at Greenwich:A Catalogue of the Mariner's Quadrants, Mariner's Astrolabes, Cross-staf

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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780191608902
EAN: B0468918EB
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Stron: 336
Data wydania: 2009
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A Catalogue of the Mariner's Quadrants, Mariner's Astrolabes, Cross-staffs,        Backstaffs, Octants, Sextants, Quintants, Reflecting Circles and Artificial Horizons        in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
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.

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