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Book request
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2007 Dec 21, 23:40 -0000
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2007 Dec 21, 23:40 -0000
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). It has lost its hard-back, is starting to come unbound, the pages are grubby and dog-eared, and it will need a full rebind and recase to make it readable again. Locally, there are good bookbinders who will do that job, for a respectable sum. What's important is the all the text-pages appear to be intact, and there's only one page missing, that matters. That's the frontispiece, opposite the title page, which should carry an engraving of her "Mariner's Calculator". There's a copy of that engraving, in fig. 9.9 of Cotter's "A History of the Navigator's Sextant", but it's a rather fuzzy one, and I'm looking for a better copy, that I can add back in to the book when it's rebound. Her mariner's calculator appears to be some sort of combined observing instrument with analogue calculator, of some complexity, for resolving spherical problems. It seems rather like a precise Vernier version of the ancient armillary. So, what I'm looking out for is a digitised version of the book, just for that picture, which I can print out and reintroduce to the book. Does anyone know of the existence of, or possess, any edition of Janet Taylors book, in digitised format? Or perhaps the book itself, with the ability to scan or copy that one picture. I could ask at our Oxford library, but they don't allow me to take such a book to the photcopier, any more. Any help would be welcome. In the same shop, I found another bargain. The Times World Atlas, the single-volume version, in enormous format, and perfect condition, from 1980, for �5! So I am feeling rather pleased. George. contact George Huxtable at george@huxtable.u-net.com or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222) or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---