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Symposium on navigational instruments.
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2006 Aug 11, 14:46 -0500
I am forwarding the following notice about a forthcoming symposium at
Greenwich in November, in case it interests anyone who will be in the
UK at that time.
It was posted on "rete", the mailing list primarily intended for those
involved with museums that have a scientific bent.
I expect that there will be at least two NavList members attending,
and one of the talks will be by Rob van Gent, a familiar name to many
of us.
George.
contact George Huxtable at george@huxtable.u-net.com
or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222)
or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK.
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From: "Richard Dunn" <RDunn@nmm.ac.uk>
To: <rete@maillist.ox.ac.uk>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 2:06 PM
Subject: [rete] Reminder and update: Navigational instruments as a
source of historic information
This symposium will be held at the National Maritime Museum Greenwich,
London, on Thursday 16 November 2006
Programme of speakers:
Wouter Heijveld, Maritiem Museum, Rotterdam
Navigational instruments in the era of electronics and satellites
Dr Richard Dunn, National Maritime Museum
Legacies of evidence - the post-1950 problem and the implications of
contemporary collecting strategies
Dr Günther Oestmann, Deutsches Museum, Munich
Reconstructing and casting a mariner's astrolabe of the 17th century
José Manuel Malhão Pereira, Academia de Marinha, Portugal
The Portuguese bearing compass and the magnetic variation in
Portuguese navigation techniques
Jeremy Spencer, National Museum of Australia
Captain James Cook's mapping methods on HM Bark Endeavour in 1769 on
the coasts of New Zealand
Dr A.D. Morrison-Low, National Museums of Scotland
The real Robinson Crusoe: what archaeological evidence tells us about
Alexander Selkirk's skills as a navigator
Dr Robert H. van Gent, Institute for History and Foundations of
Science, Utrecht University
On tides, time, tobacco and traversed distance - Pieter Holm's
nautical tobacco box
Dr Anita McConnell, Cambridge University
How a barometer changed the world's steamship routes
Dr Robert D. Hicks, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Pennsylvania USA
Shadow theory and the evolution of altitude-measuring navigational
instruments
Symposium cost £15 (including lunch and refreshments)
To book a place please contact:
Janet Norton, Research Administrator, National Maritime Museum,
Greenwich LONDON SE10 9NF
E-mail jnorton@nmm.ac.uk.
In addition, on the evening of Friday 17 November the Annual Lecture
of the Scientific Instrument Society will be given by Dr Willem Mörzer
Bruyns, who holds the National Maritime Museum's 2005-07 Sackler
Research Fellowship in the History of Astronomy and Navigational
Sciences. The talk will focus on the Museum's collection of navigating
instruments.
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From: George Huxtable
Date: 2006 Aug 11, 14:46 -0500
I am forwarding the following notice about a forthcoming symposium at
Greenwich in November, in case it interests anyone who will be in the
UK at that time.
It was posted on "rete", the mailing list primarily intended for those
involved with museums that have a scientific bent.
I expect that there will be at least two NavList members attending,
and one of the talks will be by Rob van Gent, a familiar name to many
of us.
George.
contact George Huxtable at george@huxtable.u-net.com
or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222)
or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK.
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From: "Richard Dunn" <RDunn@nmm.ac.uk>
To: <rete@maillist.ox.ac.uk>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 2:06 PM
Subject: [rete] Reminder and update: Navigational instruments as a
source of historic information
This symposium will be held at the National Maritime Museum Greenwich,
London, on Thursday 16 November 2006
Programme of speakers:
Wouter Heijveld, Maritiem Museum, Rotterdam
Navigational instruments in the era of electronics and satellites
Dr Richard Dunn, National Maritime Museum
Legacies of evidence - the post-1950 problem and the implications of
contemporary collecting strategies
Dr Günther Oestmann, Deutsches Museum, Munich
Reconstructing and casting a mariner's astrolabe of the 17th century
José Manuel Malhão Pereira, Academia de Marinha, Portugal
The Portuguese bearing compass and the magnetic variation in
Portuguese navigation techniques
Jeremy Spencer, National Museum of Australia
Captain James Cook's mapping methods on HM Bark Endeavour in 1769 on
the coasts of New Zealand
Dr A.D. Morrison-Low, National Museums of Scotland
The real Robinson Crusoe: what archaeological evidence tells us about
Alexander Selkirk's skills as a navigator
Dr Robert H. van Gent, Institute for History and Foundations of
Science, Utrecht University
On tides, time, tobacco and traversed distance - Pieter Holm's
nautical tobacco box
Dr Anita McConnell, Cambridge University
How a barometer changed the world's steamship routes
Dr Robert D. Hicks, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Pennsylvania USA
Shadow theory and the evolution of altitude-measuring navigational
instruments
Symposium cost £15 (including lunch and refreshments)
To book a place please contact:
Janet Norton, Research Administrator, National Maritime Museum,
Greenwich LONDON SE10 9NF
E-mail jnorton@nmm.ac.uk.
In addition, on the evening of Friday 17 November the Annual Lecture
of the Scientific Instrument Society will be given by Dr Willem Mörzer
Bruyns, who holds the National Maritime Museum's 2005-07 Sackler
Research Fellowship in the History of Astronomy and Navigational
Sciences. The talk will focus on the Museum's collection of navigating
instruments.
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To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com
To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com
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