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From: Frank Reed
Date: 2008 Jun 22, 01:02 -0400
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2008 Jun 22, 01:02 -0400
Following up on the "Navigation Weekend", I've compiled some resources connected with some of the presentations. These are linked directly at th web page for the weekend here: http://www.fer3.com/Mystic2008 For example, there is a link to that video of Harvard grads unable to explain the causes of the seasons. There is also a link to an analysis by Dave Walden using Bennett's tables to clear lunars. And there are links to Celestaire, the SEA, and Mystic Seaport's digitized collection of logbooks and other resources. In addition, I've compiled a long list of historical navigation books available on Google Books (and a couple from other sources online). There's Bowditch and Moore and Norie and Taylor, as well as many historical nautical almanacs and other remarkable books that existed only in research libraries until just a few years ago. Here's my list before editing: American Coast Pilot 1822 American Coast Pilot 1847 AmNA 1911 Arnold 1822 Atkinson 1770 Blackburne 1914 Blackburne Azimuth Tables 1908 Bowditch 1826 Bowditch 1846 Bowditch 1854 Bowditch 1880 Bowditch 1906 bowditch 1914 C des temps 1769 Challice 1889 Chauvenet vol I 1864 Chauvenet vol II 1863 Coffin 1898 H Wilberforce Clarke 1885 Hints to travellers 1878 Hints to Travellers 1906 Inman 1849 Jeans 1853 Jeans pt I 1870 Jeans pt II 1868 Kerigan 1828 Lecky's Wrinkles 1884 Mackay 1809 Marguet 1917 (French) Marguet 1931 (French) Martin 1899 Maury 1843 Mendoza Rios Tables 1801 Merrifield 1886 Moore 1791 Moore 1807 Moore 1810 NA 1767 NA 1797 NA 1811 NA 1815 NA 1828 NA 1864 Norie 1835 Norie 1839 Norie 1917 Norie tables 1836 Patoun 1734 Patoun 1770 Peirce 1845 Raper 1840 Raper 1882 Raper 1908 Riddle 1824 Simms 1858 Souchon 1883 (French) Sumner 1845 Sumner 1851 Tables Requisite 1802 Taylor 1833 Taylor 1837 Taylor 1851 Taylor's Handbook 1865 Thomson 1831 Thomson 1845 Turner's Tables 1845 Wales 1794 The edited list with descriptions and direct links to the online files is here: http://www.fer3.com/mystic2008/navbooks1.html. Enjoy! -FER PS: photos coming soon. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
