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14 produkter
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
455 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2025
348 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2014
408 kr
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Successful long-distance navigation depends on knowing latitude and longitude, and the determination of longitude depends on knowing the exact time at some fixed point on the earth's surface. Since Newton it had been hoped that a method based on accurate prediction of the moon's orbit would give such a time. Building on the work of Euler, Thomas Mayer and others, the astronomer and mathematician Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811) was able to devise such a method and yearly publication of the Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris placed it in the hands of every ship's captain. First published in 1767 and reissued here in the revised third edition of 1802, the present work provided the necessary tables and instructions. The development of rugged and accurate chronometers eventually displaced Maskelyne's method, but navigators continued to make use of it for many decades. This edition of the tables notably formed part of the library of the Beagle on Darwin's famous voyage.
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
208 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2010
235 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2015
194 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2010
208 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
331 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
331 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
359 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
345 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska
963 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2016
306 kr
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