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Taking the Stars: Celestial Navigation from Argonauts to Astronauts
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Taking the Stars: Celestial Navigation from Argonauts to Astronauts Hardcover - 1998

by Ifland, Peter


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This text focuses on the history of the development of hand-held celestial navigation instruments, offering descriptions of the tools used. It also includes a glossary of technical terms.

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  • Title Taking the Stars: Celestial Navigation from Argonauts to Astronauts
  • Author Ifland, Peter
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 2nd Printing
  • Pages 222
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Krieger Pub Co, Newport News, VA, and Malabar, FL
  • Date 1998-11
  • ISBN 9781575240954
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