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The History of Navigation
Author | : Dag Pike |
Publsiher | : Pen & Sword Maritime |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018-11-02 |
Genre | : Navigation |
ISBN | : 152673169X |
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Today travellers by land, sea and air take accurate navigation for granted but it was not always thus. The author, a highly experienced sailor, sets out to record the development of navigational techniques from the earliest time, five millenniums ago. As explorers started to venture offshore into the unknown they had to rely on the sun and stars for direction. From this pioneers turned to mathematics, astrolobes, sextants and increasing accurate clocks to measure latitude and later longitude. More recently major breakthroughs with electronic navigation, GPS and other satellite systems have revolutionised travel. Focusing primarily but not exclusively on marine navigation, the author weaves a fascinating course through the successes and failures of mankind's quest to explore his world. The result is a thoroughly entertaining and informative work which has no rival.
The History of Celestial Navigation
Author | : P. Kenneth Seidelmann,Catherine Y. Hohenkerk |
Publsiher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2020-06-29 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9783030436315 |
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This edited volume charts the history of celestial navigation over the course of five centuries. Written by a group of historians and scientists, it analyzes how competing navigation systems, technologies, and institutions emerged and developed, with a focus on the major players in the US and the UK. The history covers the founding of the Royal Observatory; the first printing of a Nautical Almanac; the founding of the US and UK Nautical Almanac Offices; the creation of international standards for reference systems and astronomical constants; and the impact of 20th century technology on the field, among other topics. Additionally, the volume analyzes the present role and status of celestial navigation, particularly with respect to modern radio and satellite navigation systems. With its diverse authorship and nontechnical language, this book will appeal to any reader interested in the history of science, technology, astronomy, and navigation over the ages.
A History of Navigation on Cypress Bayou and the Lakes
Author | : Jacques D. Bagur |
Publsiher | : University of North Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 852 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1574411357 |
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Publisher Fact Sheet Bagur examines water transportation & the natural & socioeconomic factors that affected it in Northwest Louisiana, East Texas, & the Red River.
American Practical Navigator
Author | : Nathaniel Bowditch |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 798 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Nautical astronomy |
ISBN | : UCAL:$C39755 |
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The Navigation of Feeling
Author | : William M. Reddy |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 2001-09-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521004721 |
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Offers a theory that explains the impact of emotions on historical change.
A History of Persian Navigation
Author | : Hadi Hasan |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : Indian Ocean |
ISBN | : UOM:39015023452108 |
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The History of Navigation
Author | : Dag Pike |
Publsiher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2018-11-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781526731708 |
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Today travellers by land, sea and air take accurate navigation for granted but it was not always thus.The author, a highly experienced sailor, sets out to record the development of navigational techniques from the earliest time, five millenniums ago. As explorers started to venture offshore into the unknown they had to rely on the sun and stars for direction. From this pioneers turned to mathematics, astrolobes, sextants and increasing accurate clocks to measure latitude and later longitude. More recently major breakthroughs with electronic navigation, GPS and other satellite systems have revolutionised travel.Focusing primarily but not exclusively on marine navigation, the author weaves a fascinating course through the successes and failures of mankinds quest to explore his world. The result is a thoroughly entertaining and informative work which has no rival.
Longitude
Author | : Dava Sobel |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2010-07-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780802779434 |
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The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"the longitude problem." Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day-and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives and the increasing fortunes of nations hung on a resolution. One man, John Harrison, in complete opposition to the scientific community, dared to imagine a mechanical solution-a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had ever been able to do on land. Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking, and opens a new window on our world.