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. Mörzer Bruyns & Richard Dunn
    • 2 299,00 kr
    • 2 299,00 kr

Utgivarens beskrivning

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
Vetenskap och natur
UTGIVEN
2009
25 juni
SPRÅK
EN
Engelska
LÄNGD
336
Sidor
UTGIVARE
OUP Oxford
STORLEK
61,7
MB