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"Line of Position Navigation:  Sumner and Saint-Hilaire: the two pillars of
modern Celestial Navigation", by Michel Vanvaerenbergh and Peter Ifland

For those interested in the book "Line of Position Navigation:  Sumner and
Saint-Hilaire: the two pillars of modern Celestial Navigation", by Michel
Vanvaerenbergh and Peter Ifland, the following links may help:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1588320685/qid%3D1053098805/sr%3D11-1
/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-4903808-1709723

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1588320685/qid%3D1053098857/026-449
7547-5552457

Also available from
http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/bobuk/scripts/welcome.jsp
by doing a full search and specifying ISBN 1588320685

> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Huxtable [mailto:george@HUXTABLE.U-NET.COM]
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 4:40 PM
> To: NAVIGATION-L@listserv.webkahuna.com
> Subject: Re: How did Sumner navigate in 1837?
>
>
> Jim Thompson asked some interesting questions about the
> Sumner line, which
> have been well answered by Herbert Prinz.
>
> I wonder if he is aware that a book has just appeared, title "Line of
> Position Navigation:  Sumner and Saint-Hilaire: the two
> pillars of modern
> Celestial Navigation", by Michel Vanvaerenbergh and Peter
> Ifland. Ifland is
> the author of that wonderful book on navigational
> instruments, "Taking the
> Stars"
>
> I haven't seen the new book yet, but hope to soon. It's published by
> Unlimited Publishing  LLC. It includes a reprint of the
> entire 1843 first
> edition of Sumner's book, and translations of two articles by
> St Hilaire.
>
> George Huxtable
>
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