Sextants at Greenwich (e-bog) af Dunn, Richard
Dunn, Richard (forfatter)

Sextants at Greenwich e-bog

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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 th...
E-bog 2190,77 DKK
Forfattere Dunn, Richard (forfatter)
Forlag OUP Oxford
Udgivet 25 juni 2009
Genrer HB
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780191608902
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 entry includes the place of the object's origin, its maker, the object's date, inscriptions (by the maker and/or relating to an owner), the graduated scale, the instrument's dimensions and a general description that includes details such as used materials and detached parts. Finally the object's provenance (previous ownersand/or users) and references to literature on its history and handling are given.