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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- 249,99 €
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- 249,99 €
Descrizione dell’editore
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.
GENERE
Scienza e natura
PUBBLICATO
2009
25 giugno
LINGUA
EN
Inglese
PAGINE
336
EDITORE
OUP Oxford
DIMENSIONE
61,7
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