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From: Andrés Ruiz
Date: 2009 Mar 6, 14:46 +0100
I am interested in the use of the Circles of reflection at
sea.
Any information would be welcoming
Mendoza y Ríos in his “Tratado de Navegación,
The
One curiosity:
I have read that there is a portrait of Joseph Banks at the
Royal Society meeting room. Mendoza y Ríos order it to Thomas Phillips, and
gave it to his friend Banks, lately banks order to the painter to include an image
of an offprint of the
I have tried to find this picture on the net, but
nothing,… Does anyone have any information about it??
References:
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On an improved
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The New American Practical Navigator
- http://books.google.es/books?id=EVSgAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq=circle+of+reflection+navigation&source=bl&ots=mDTD5AFcst&sig=bGBM81c02luRoCdAIwfJCtwvMM4&hl=es&ei=EtCwSbkOpMSMB-isqe0F&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result
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Celestial navigation Reflecting
circle -
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Smithsonian http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/navigation/type.cfm?typeid=5
Andrés Ruiz
Navigational Algorithms
http://www.geocities.com/andresruizgonzalez
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