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Re: Sextant calibration.
From: Wolfgang K�berer
Date: 2007 Apr 22, 18:20 +0200
From: Wolfgang K�berer
Date: 2007 Apr 22, 18:20 +0200
Both Volumes of Mendoza's "Tratado de navegaci�n" (1797) are included in "Obras Cl�sicas de N�utica y Navegaci�n" - a CD-ROM containing the most important works on navigation (starting with the "Almanach Perpetuum" by Zacut - 1502) in the Spanish tongue. It is published by the "Fundaci�n HISTORICA TAVERA (ISBN 84-89763-14-3) and rather expensive, but considering that the original 33 works are scarce (so one will not find them on e-bay), the cost of the single work (price of the CD-ROM divided by 33) is still a bargain. In Vol. 87 (1797) of the PTRS Mendoza y Rios published "Recherches sur les principaux Probl�mes de l' Astronomie Nautique" which might be a bit easier to tackle. It is available through JSTOR and Gallica, if my memory serves me well. As far as I can see Frank is right that his only publication in English is "A complete collection of tables for navigation and nautical astronomy with simple, concise, and accurate methods, for all the calculations useful at sea;..." (London 1805, not 1801 if the record of the British Library is right; Second edition, improved, London 1809). There is a copy of the first and second edition in the British Library and a copy of the second edition in the Bodleian (shelf mark: Rigaud d.108, if you find the time to look it up, George). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
