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Read, W T

Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

London, Stock, 1879

350.00 €

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(London, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1879
Author
Read, W T
Publishers
London, Stock
Keyword
navigation, astronomy, history, scienza, navigazione, astronomia
Languages
English

Description

230pp + chart VG/none First (only) edition, full title: Navigation and Nautical Astronomy with Special Table, Diagram and Rules Adapted for Navigating Iron Ships. Editorial blue cloth, gilt lettering on front board and spine, spine slightly darkened, rubbed and worn at head and tail (see photo), small private ex-libris label on pastedown, otherwise in VG conditions. Book devoted to methods of navigation and related calculations (nautical astronomy and stellar observations), with a folded chart (Napier diagram) and a Corrigenda slip pasted in. A nice copy of a very scarce book, no copies shown in the British Library, one copy reported in the BNF. Original edition, not a modern reprint or reproduction.