Latitude hooks and azimuth rings : how to build and use 18 traditional navigational tools / Dennis Fisher ; illustrations by Joseph Fisher and the author.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Camden, Me. : International Marine, [1995]Copyright date: ©1995Edition: [First edition]Description: x, 166 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0070211205
  • 9780070211209
Subject(s):
Contents:
The Latitude Hook -- The Kamal -- The Astrolabe -- The Quadrant -- The Astronomical Ring -- The Sundial -- The Nocturnal -- The Cross-Staff -- The Backstaff -- The Dry-Card Compass -- The Traverse Board -- The Hand Leaf -- The Heaving Line -- The Chip Log -- The Weatherglass -- The Pelorus -- The Sun Cmpass -- The Octant.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room VK573 .F56 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000042289

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-164) and index.

The Latitude Hook -- The Kamal -- The Astrolabe -- The Quadrant -- The Astronomical Ring -- The Sundial -- The Nocturnal -- The Cross-Staff -- The Backstaff -- The Dry-Card Compass -- The Traverse Board -- The Hand Leaf -- The Heaving Line -- The Chip Log -- The Weatherglass -- The Pelorus -- The Sun Cmpass -- The Octant.

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Do it yourself construction of navigational instruments

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