EditorialIl Leone di Caprera. Sailing schooner of 9 meters of length that crewed by three Italians wanted to cross the Atlantic Ocean with a sextant as the only guide. They set sail on October 3rd 1880 from Montevideo (Uruguay). On January 9, 1881 they arrived ...
EditorialAllegory of fertile Friesland Title page for: B. Schotanus, Representation of the glory of Friesland, 1718, Astronomy is central on a pedestal, with a map of Friesland on its thigh. Astronomy holds a globe that she measures with a compass, next to her ...
EditorialSociety for the Improvement of the Working Stand in Amsterdam, Tin Medal. Obverse: woman in antique clothing, representing Industry, holding branch in raised left hand, around which bees swarm and in extended right hand laurel wreath above capital, wit...
EditorialEnglish mariner with sextant on a beach in front of a lighthouse and tall ship. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818.
EditorialEnglish mariner with sextant on a beach in front of a lighthouse and tall ship. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818.
Editorial""Il Leone di Caprera". Sailing schooner of 9 meters of length that crewed by three Italians wanted to cross the Atlantic Ocean with a sextant as the only guide. They set sail on October 3rd 1880 from Montevideo (Uruguay). On January 9, 1881 they arriv...
EditorialSextans, Map of the constellation sextant, Fig. 48, Fig., To p. 21, Johannes Hevelius, Johann Ernst von Schmieden: Johannis Hevelii prodromus astronomiae, exhibens fundamenta, quae tam ad novum plan? & correctiorem stellarum fixarum catalogum construen...
EditorialAstronomical sextant, insofar as it serves Altitudinibus, Illustration of an astronomical sextant for the determination of the 17th century, Fig. 4, p. 21, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Noribergae [N?rnberg]: apud...
EditorialThe astronomical sextant investigated Distantiis, Illustration of a triangular astronomical sextant for determining distances from the 17th century, Fig. 16, p. 57, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Noribergae [N?rnbe...
EditorialSteel sextant by one observer, Illustration of a steel sextant for measuring distances by a single observer from the 17th century, Fig. 17, p. 60, 1602, Tycho Brahe: Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Noribergae [N?rnberg]: apud Levinum ...
EditorialAllegory of fertile Friesland Title page for: B. Schotanus, Representation of the glory of Friesland, 1718, Astronomy is central on a pedestal, with a map of Friesland on its thigh. Astronomy holds a globe that she measures with a compass, next to her ...
EditorialSociety for the Improvement of the Working Stand in Amsterdam, Tin Medal. Obverse: woman in antique clothing, representing Industry, holding branch in raised left hand, around which bees swarm and in extended right hand laurel wreath above capital, wit...
EditorialDutch maritime shipping and shipbuilding, in honor of William III, King of the Netherlands, Bronze Medal. Front: man's bust inside the inside. Reverse: Dutch sailor with hat in raised right hand and flag in left hand, standing amidst ship's cannon, anc...
EditorialNegative - Martin Spencer-Hogbin using his Hezzanith Sextant, circa 1950, Mr Martin Spencer-Hogbin using his sextant. One of six black and white copy negatives depicting ships and maritime navigational tools that relate to Mr Martin Spencer-Hogbin's se...
EditorialNegative - Martin Spencer-Hogbin using his Hezzanith Sextant, circa 1950, Mr Martin Spencer-Hogbin using his sextant. One of six black and white copy negatives depicting ships and maritime navigational tools that relate to Mr Martin Spencer-Hogbin's se...
EditorialEnglish mariner with sextant on a beach in front of a lighthouse and tall ship. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818.
EditorialClock in marble and ormolu, made by Vulliamy, with the Young Geographers boys holding compass and sextant. Medallion of the Three Graces. Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick Rathbone's Old Wedgwood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work Prod...
EditorialEnglish mariner with sextant on a beach in front of a lighthouse and tall ship. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818.
EditorialMémoire de Lomet. Addition au sextant pour les observations A?rostatiques. Journal polytechnique, ou bulletin du travail fait a? l'E?cole Centrale des Travaux Publics, etc. (Journal de l'E?cole Polytechnique.- Journal de l'E?cole Royale Polytech...
EditorialEnglish mariner with sextant on a beach in front of a lighthouse and tall ship. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818.
EditorialClock in marble and ormolu, made by Vulliamy, with the Young Geographers boys holding compass and sextant. Medallion of the Three Graces. Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick Rathbone's Old Wedgwood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work Prod...
EditorialEnglish mariner with sextant on a beach in front of a lighthouse and tall ship. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818.
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