The history of celestial navigation: rise of the royal observatory and nautical almanacs / P. kenneth seidelmann. Catherine Y. Hohenkerk Editors

Contributor(s): Publication details: Switerland; springer, c2020.Description: xvii, 332 p.: col.: 21 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 527 THE
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1 Before the nautical almanacs
2 King Charles and the founding of the royal observatory
3 Edmond Halley, Isaac newton and the longitude act of 1714
4 The first nautical almanac and astronomical ephemeris
5 The British and American nautical almanacs in the 19th century
6 International cooperation
7 The almanacs in the 20th century: Computers and applications
8 References systems
9 Evolution of the nautical almanac and celestial navigation today

Includes Index: p.313-332

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