[Rarebooks] fs: Moskowitz. Three Studies in Celestial Navigation

[Back Creek Books]

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(No. 9755 )  Moskowitz, Saul. THREE STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF CELESTIAL 
NAVIGATION: FROM SIMPLE QUADRANT TO SPACE SEXTANT; THE METHOD OF LUNAR 
DISTANCES AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE; THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTIFICIAL 
HORIZON FOR CELESTIAL NAVIGATION.
Marblehead: Historical Technology Press, 1974. Full cloth, Octavo, [52 
pages] various paginations, black and white photographs, diagrams. Fine.
      These three articles originally appeared in the journal Navigation in 
1965, 1969, and 1972, respectively, and were reprinted here together for the 
author. Good study of the adaptation of traditional marine navigation 
instruments to aviation uses. Well illustrated throughout. Bound in textured 
maroon cloth over boards with upper board lettered in silver foil. No 
significant wear.    $75.00
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