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 /
Sextants at Greenwich consists of two main sections: The introductory chapters and the catalogue of navigating instruments of the National Maritime Museum. The first section gives a general overview of the history of celestial navigation with an emphasis on the instruments that were developed and us...
| Основен автор: | Morzer Bruyns, W. F. J. 1943- |
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| Автор-организации: | National Maritime Museum (Great Britain) |
| Други автори: | Dunn, Richard. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York : London :
Oxford University Press ; National Maritime Museum,
℗♭2009.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=299126 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Sextants at Greenwich. |
| Резюме: |
Sextants at Greenwich consists of two main sections: The introductory chapters and the catalogue of navigating instruments of the National Maritime Museum. The first section gives a general overview of the history of celestial navigation with an emphasis on the instruments that were developed and used for that purpose, between about 1450 and the 1970s. The instruments in the catalogue form the main thread in these chapters. The catalogue consists of 347 entries of instruments for celestial navigation, the octants, sextants and related instruments preserved in the National Maritime Museum. Each. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 323 pages, [16] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780191559754 019155975X |