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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| Summary: | 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. |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XII, 323 S., [8] Bl. Ill., Kt. 32 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780199532544 0199532540 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS XII PART ONE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 1 AN
INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF CELESTIAL NAVIGATION 3 2 THE HISTORY AND
DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASURING ALTITUDE AT SEA BEFORE THE
OCTANT 15 3 THE INVENTION OF THE OCTANT, AND ITS DEVELOPMENT AND
DIFFUSION 23 4 THE SEXTANT AND FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE EIGHTEENTH
CENTURY 37 5 INNOVATIONS AND PRODUCTION IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH
CENTURIES 51 6 COLLECTING AND INTERPRETING NAVIGATION AT GREENWICH
RICHARD DUNN 71 PART TWO THE CATALOGUE EXPLANATION 85 MARINER S
QUADRANTS 88 MARINER S ASTROLABES 89 CROSS-STAFFS 91 BACKSTAFFS 94
OCTANTS 103 SEXTANTS 162 QUITITANTS 248 REFLECTING CIRCLES 264
ARTIFICIAL HORIZONS 283 VARIOUS 295 APPENDIX 1 THE ADAMS AND OTHER
SIGNIFICANT COLLECTIONS: A CHECKLIST 301 APPENDIX 2 CONCORDANCE OF
INVENTORY NUMBERS 305 BIBLIOGRAPHY 309 INDEX 319
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| spelling | Mörzer Bruyns, Willem F. J. Verfasser aut 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 W. F. J. Mörzer Bruyns with a contribution by Richard Dunn Oxford [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press [u.a.] 2009 XII, 323 S., [8] Bl. Ill., Kt. 32 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index 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. National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) / Catalogs National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) Catalogs National Maritime Museum London (DE-588)1049610-5 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1500-1950 gnd rswk-swf Nautical instruments / History / Catalogs Geschichte Nautical instruments Catalogs Nautisches Instrument (DE-588)4242658-3 gnd rswk-swf Sextant (DE-588)4181103-3 gnd rswk-swf (DE-588)4163417-2 Katalog gnd-content National Maritime Museum London (DE-588)1049610-5 b Nautisches Instrument (DE-588)4242658-3 s Geschichte 1500-1950 z DE-604 Sextant (DE-588)4181103-3 s Dunn, Richard Sonstige oth SWB Datenaustausch application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=017678762&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| spellingShingle | Mörzer Bruyns, Willem F. J. 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 National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) / Catalogs National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) Catalogs National Maritime Museum London (DE-588)1049610-5 gnd Nautical instruments / History / Catalogs Geschichte Nautical instruments Catalogs Nautisches Instrument (DE-588)4242658-3 gnd Sextant (DE-588)4181103-3 gnd |
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| title_auth | 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 |
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| title_full | 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 W. F. J. Mörzer Bruyns with a contribution by Richard Dunn |
| title_fullStr | 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 W. F. J. Mörzer Bruyns with a contribution by Richard Dunn |
| title_full_unstemmed | 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 W. F. J. Mörzer Bruyns with a contribution by Richard Dunn |
| title_short | Sextants at Greenwich |
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| title_sub | 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 |
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