Navigational Enterprises in Europe and its Empires, 1730–1850Rebekah Higgitt, Richard Dunn, Peter Jones Springer, 19 feb 2016 - 259 pagina's This book explores the development of navigation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It examines the role of men of science, seamen and practitioners across Europe, and the realities of navigational practice, showing that old and new methods were complementary not exclusive, their use dependent on many competing factors. |
Inhoudsopgave
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Part I National Enterprises | 12 |
Part II Longitude in Transnational Contexts | 88 |
Part III Voyages as Test Sites | 157 |
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Navigational Enterprises in Europe and its Empires, 1730–1850 Rebekah Higgitt,Richard Dunn,Peter Jones Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2015 |
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Académie Alexander Dalrymple astronomical Berthoud Board of Longitude Borda Britain British Bureau des longitudes Cádiz calculations Cambridge Captain Cassini charts chronometers Clairaut clocks dead reckoning determination of longitude determining longitude Dutch East India Company East Indiamen eighteenth century étalons expedition Ferrner finding longitude Fleurieu Florijn France French geodesy geodetic Greenwich Guy Boistel Harrison’s History Howse Ibid Jean-Charles de Borda Jérôme Lalande John Journal Karel Davids Keulen L’astronomie nautique Lacaille Lalande latitude logs London longi longitude at sea Longitude Committee longitude determination Löwenstern lunar distance method Marine maritime mathematician mathematics Mayer’s measurement ment meridian metrology Ministre Moon Moon’s Nautical Almanac navigation networks Nevil Maskelyne Newton nineteenth century observations observatories octant Pacific Paris pendulum Philosophical Transactions Pierre Bouguer Pingré practice published Resa i Europa RMARS role Royal Society Russian Schiavon sextant ships St Petersburg standard Survey Swedish techniques timekeepers tion toise triangulation tude University Press voyage watch