A Manual of Modern Navigation. Being a review of the modern principles and practice of Astronomical Position-finding at sea, non-mathematically treated. Also a list of all formulae, etc. commonly used in practical navigation, and various other notes bearing on the subject.
by BURTON, S.M.:
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Glasgow, Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1941 2nd ed.. Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front. In dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (DW, spine darkened, some handling marks, small nicks to ends of spine and corners. In protective sleeve.) Some rubbing to edges and corners of cloth. Inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 120pp. Illustrated with B&W figures and diagrams.
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- A Manual of Modern Navigation. Being a review of the modern principles and practice of Astronomical Position-finding at sea, non-mathematically treated. Also a list of all formulae, etc. commonly used in practical navigation, and various other notes bearing on the subject.
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- BURTON, S.M.:
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- Hardcover
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- Glasgow, Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1941 2nd ed.
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