Tables requisite to be used with the nautical ephemeris, for finding the latitude and longitude at sea published by order of the Commissioners of Longitude

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 woul...

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1. Verfasser:	Maskelyne, Nevil 1732-1811
Format:	E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2014
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge library collection. Mathematics
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