A History of the Navigator's Sextant

A History of the Navigator's Sextant
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Publisher : Hyperion Books
Total Pages : 244
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Download or read book A History of the Navigator's Sextant written by Charles H. Cotter and published by Hyperion Books. This book was released on 1983 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pre-history of the sextant, as we might call it, will emphasize the problems that were to be overcome in leading up to the invention, or rather evolution, of an instrument that has for long been the very symbol of the navigator's art.


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