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Re: Resources on Lunars
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2007 Nov 04, 22:14 -0500
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2007 Nov 04, 22:14 -0500
Other resources on lunars are available on the Internet that were only accessible in research libraries just five years ago. Here's a quotation from Norie's "Complete Epitome of Navigation" from 1839: "These difficulties are, however, now happily obviated by the invention and improvements of Hadley's Sextant, and the accuracy of the new Lunar Tables ; so that a good observer, with proper instruments, may depend upon the longitude found by this method within a few minutes of a degree." Ahh, but what does he mean by "a few"?? :-) Norie's "Complete Epitome" is available in several editions online. There is a copy at the library of Mystic Seaport Museum available here http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/initiative/MsList.cfm and there are also now TWO editions of Norie on Googlebooks. Here is a list of some of the many historical navigation books available on Googlebooks, many of which (not all) have chapters on lunars: John Hamilton Moore 1791: Practical Navigator Wales 1794: The Method of Finding the Longitude at Sea, by Timekeepers Mendoza Rios 1801: Tables for Facilitating the Calculations of Nautical Astronomy John Hamilton Moore 1807: New Practical Navigator John Hamilton Moore 1810: New Practical Navigator Arnold 1822: American Practical Lunarian Blunt 1822: American Coast Pilot Riddle 1824: Treatise on Navigation and Nautical Astronomy Bowditch 1826: New American Practical Navigator Norie 1835: A Complete Epitome of Navigation Taylor 1837: The Principles of Navigation Simplified Norie 1839: A Complete Epitome of Navigation Sumner 1845 Thomson 1845 (and 1825?): Lunar and Horary Tables Taylor 1851: Epitome of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy Simms 1858: The Sextant and Its Applications Jeans 1858: Navigation and Nautical Astronomy Chauvenet 1863: Manual of Spherical and Practical Astronomy Lecky 1884: Wrinkles in Practical Navigation Bowditch 1906: The American Practical Navigator HO 171 1915: Line of Position Tables Coffin 1902: Navigation and Nautical Astronomy Coffin 1919: Navigation and Nautical Astronomy And various Nautical Almanacs from dozens of years -FER http://www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---