The birth of scientific navigation
Subtitle: the solving in the 18th century of the problem of finding longitude at sea
By: by Eric G. Forbes.
Series: Maritime monographs and reports ;; no. 10, 1974
Publisher: National Maritime Museum
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Greenwich, London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 25
Subjects: Longitude.; Nautical instruments -- History -- 18th century.; Nautical astronomy -- History -- 18th century.
Other titles: Birth of navigational science.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Cover title: The birth of navigational science.