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A history of the navigator's sextant.
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2005 Jan 21, 00:10 +0000
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2005 Jan 21, 00:10 +0000
For anyone looking out for a copy of Charles H Cotter's "A History of the Navigator's Sextant", there's a copy for sale at ?20 (plus postage) in the catalogue of Rogers Turner Books, in Greenwich (rogersturner@compuserve.com). It's item 138 in their catalogue 131, stock number 1882. This book seems rather more reliable than Cotter's better-known work, "A History of Nautical Astronomy". It's usually hard to find. The price asked seems reasonable to me, though the exchange rate may bring tears to the eyes of those in the dollar zone. I also note that in the same catalogue is a copy of "The Quest for Longitude" (ed. Andrewes), their stock number 3759, at ?50. This is the proceedings of the Harvard conference on the longitude in 1993, which has been given favourable mention on the Nav-L list. American readers would do well to check with ABEbooks, whether they can find a cheaper copy more locally. George. ================================================================ contact George Huxtable by email at george@huxtable.u-net.com, by phone at 01865 820222 (from outside UK, +44 1865 820222), or by mail at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. ================================================================