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Re: On nautical history.
From: Dave Weilacher
Date: 2001 Nov 16, 1:41 PM
From: Dave Weilacher
Date: 2001 Nov 16, 1:41 PM
First - Where is the sextant email list to be found. Second - Perhaps you mistake a lack of knowledge in the subject of nautical history as meaning there is a lack of interest. Third - You are a contributor to this list that I enjoy. I'd hate to have your participation diluted elsewhere. Original Message: ----------------- From- George Huxtable george@HUXTABLE.U-NET.COM Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 20:18:57 +0000 To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM Subject: [NAV-L] On nautical history. On Nautical History I've enjoyed my membership of this list (and its predecessor) for some years now, and learned much from it, and had some really satisfactory arguments (even if I may not have won many of them). I've no intention of jumping-ship from Navigation-L, not at all. My own interest is in the history of the subject, the way navigation and its techniques developed, the increasing sophistication of the instrumentation involved. I suspect that only a minority of Navigation-L subscribers share that historical interest to any great extent. I have tried other mailing lists, as follows- "Hastro-L", for the history of astronomy. Sometimes fascinating stuff but concentrates to a large extent on ancient belief-systems and their connection with astrology and the sky. "Sextants" -for sextants. This can be interesting but seems rather preoccupied with sextants-as-objects: provenance, authenticity, value. Not so much with function. "Rete" - which deals with the history of scientific instruments. This too can be interesting but has a much wider range than I wish to follow. So here is my question. Can any members of this list identify, and recommend, any other mailing-list or website which concentrates on the history of seafaring and/or the historical development of navigational techniques? George. ------------------------------ george@huxtable.u-net.com George Huxtable, 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. Tel. 01865 820222 or (int.) +44 1865 820222. ------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
