Sextants at Greenwich: 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 text 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. It also contains a catalogue of 347 mariner's astrolabes, cross-staffs, back...

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1. Verfasser: Mörzer Bruyns, Willem F. J. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press [u.a.] 2009
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Zusammenfassung:This text 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. It also contains a catalogue of 347 mariner's astrolabes, cross-staffs, backstaffs and octants, sextants and artificial horizons.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XII, 323 S., [8] Bl. Ill., Kt. 32 cm
ISBN:9780199532544
0199532540

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