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Re: Book request
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2007 Dec 21, 18:29 -0800
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2007 Dec 21, 18:29 -0800
George, you wrote: "Browsing in my local secondhand bookshop today, I made a pleasant find. A copy of Janet Taylor's "The Principles of Navigation Simplified", 4th edition, 1840, in absolutely terrible condition. Not that I'm complaining about that condition, because it cost me only �10 (about $20)." Not bad at all! The 3rd edition, from 1837, is available on google books here: http://books.google.com/books?id=VAUHAAAAQAAJ The scan is of a copy from the Bodleian Library, according to the stamp on the second page. The plate you're looking for is there, but it's a very basic scan. The entire book can be downloaded as a PDF (36 megabytes). You can also grab that single page. I'll try to attach it in a follow-up message. While I'm at it a number of other interesting 19th century navigation manuals have recently become available on google books: Riddle, 1824; Raper, 1840; and Bowditch 1821, 1826*, 1846, 1854, 1906* (* the 1826 and 1906 have been available for about two years, the others are more recent). I posted a more complete list a few months ago. I'll try to update that soon. Quite a few historical nautical almanacs have been added, too. There are literally dozens in the period from 1767 to 1900 though it takes some creative searching to find them all. There are also at least a half-dozen French nautical almanacs (Connaissance des Temps, but spelled differently in the 18th century) including one from 1749. -FER --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
