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1869 NAVIGATION Magnetism of Ships Compass Ship Building American Exploration

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1869 NAVIGATION Magnetism of Ships Compass Ship Building American Exploration

Magnetism of Ships is a rare, 19th-century treatise on the navigation and exploration. This treatise, published for the United States Congress, contains numerous reports describing magnetic bearings, royal charters, the Liverpool Compass Committee, compass magnetism, ships symbols, ship construction, compass records and voyage charts, extensive notes on deviation curves.

Item number: #19549

Price: $499

SMITH, Archibald

The magnetism of ships and the deviations of the compass : comprising the three reports of the Liverpool Compass Commission

Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1869.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages;

xiii, [1], 344

51 charts

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight and secure

Size: ~9.25in X 6in (23.5cm x 15.5cm)

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