Sextants at Greenwich Sextants at Greenwich

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. M?rzer Bruyns & Richard Dunn
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    • 249,99 €

Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Science & Nature
RELEASED
2009
25 June
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
336
Pages
PUBLISHER
OUP Oxford
SIZE
61.7
MB