Navigation Chronology

A community-edited collection of navigation-related events throughout history. No claim is made regarding quality or accuracy. This is based on some original notes by Ed Popko.

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All versions (chrono.txt is current version):
chrono.txt
chrono 29-Jun-18 04-35-56 AM 1614 Napier publishes first publishes logarithms.txt
chrono 28-Jun-18 07-04-23 AM Morse telegraph and USNO time signals.txt
chrono 24-Jun-18 12-59-18 PM Bygrave cylinder sight reduction calculator.txt
chrono 24-Jun-18 01-37-00 PM.txt
chrono 20-Jul-18 11-46-09 AM 1850 US adopts Greenwich Meridian for nautical purposes.txt