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  • Longitudes and latitudes throughout the world, by Rugene [sic] Dernay.

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    • Washington, American Federation of Astrologers [197-] c1948.
    • 1970-1977
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  • Longitudes and latitudes in the United States, by Eugene Dernay.

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    • Washington, American Federation of Astrologers, c1945.
    • 1945
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  • La meridiana del tempio di S. Petronio rinnovata l'anno MDCCLXXVI. Si aggiunge la ristampa del libro pubblicato l'anno 1695, sopra la ristaurazione della meridiana eseguita dai celebri matematici Gio: Domenico Cassini e Domenico Guglielmini.

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    • Bologna, Instituto delle scienze, 1779.
    • 1779
    • 1 Item
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    Text JSG 78-63Offsite
  • A proposal to determine our longitude. 2nd ed., in English only.

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    • London, Printed for the author, 1743.
    • 1743
    • 1 Item
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    Text *ZAN-T3340 reel 80 no. 515-526Offsite
  • Account of the proceedings, in order to the discovery of the longitude : in a letter to the Right Honourable member of Parliament.

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    • London, Printed by T. and J. W. Pasham, 1763.
    • 1763
    • 1 Item
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    Text *ZH-627 r. 6Offsite
  • Coordinates of U.S. Naval Observatory installations [microform] / by James A. Hughes (chairman) ... [et al.] ; Coordinates Committee, Naval Observatory.

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    • Washington, D.C. : U.S. Naval Observatory, 1975.
    • 1975
    • 1 Item
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    Text *ZV-226Offsite
  • Mesure conjecturale de la terre sur l'equateur : en conséquence de l'étendue de la mer du Sud / par Monsieur d'Anville, géographe ordinaire du roi.

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    • A Paris : Chez Chaubert ..., 1736.
    • 1736
    • 1 Item
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  • Table of meridional parts for the terrestrial spheroid [microform] : compression 1/293.465 / by G.W. Littlehales and J.S. Siebert, U.S. Hydrographic Office, under the direction of G.L. Dyer, Hydrographer.

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    • Washington : G.P.O., 1889.
    • 1889
    • 1 Item
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    Text *ZV-355 no. 1-10Offsite
  • Acyutamatānusāriṇī Rāśigolasphuṭānītiḥ : True longitude computations on the sphere of zodiac according to Acyuta / critically edited, with introd., translation and appendices, by K. V. Sarma.

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    • Hoshiarpur : Vishveshvaranand Vishva Bandhu Institute of Sanskrit and Indological Studies, Panjab University, 1977.
    • 1977
    • 1 Item
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    Text *OKQ 87-2939Offsite
  • La ciencia española en el descubrimiento de America : (las tablas de coordenadas geográficas compiladas en la España medieval) / Rolando A. Laguarda Trías.

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    • Valladolid, España : Casa-Museo de Colón : Seminario Americanista de la Universidad de Valladolid, 1990.
    • 1990
    • 1 Item
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    Text HAI 91-2288Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • The pulse of time : Galileo Galilei, the determination of longitude, and the pendulum clock / Silvio A. Bedini.

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    • [Firenze] : L.S. Olschki, 1991.
    • 1991
    • 1 Item
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    Text JSE 92-1335Offsite
  • Longitude : the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time / Dava Sobel.

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    • New York : Walker, 1995.
    • 1995
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFC 96-78Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Annuaire.

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    • Paris, 17
    • unknown-present
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    Text ONV (France. Longitudes, Bureau des. Annuaire) 1975Offsite
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    Text ONV (France. Longitudes, Bureau des. Annuaire) 1977-78Offsite
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    Text ONV (France. Longitudes, Bureau des. Annuaire) 1979-81Offsite
  • De la mesure du temps et description de la méridienne verticale portative du temps vrai et du temps moyen pour régler les pendules et les montres; admise a l'Exposition des produites de l'industrie francaise de l'année 1827.

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    • Paris, Mallet-Bachelier, 1857.
    • 1857
    • 1 Item
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    Text B-10 2195Offsite
  • The quest for longitude : the proceedings of the Longitude Symposium, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 4-6, 1993 / edited by William J.H. Andrewes.

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    • Cambridge, Mass. : Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University, c1996.
    • 1996
    • 1 Item
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    Text *R-Map Div. QB225 .L66 1993Schwarzman Building - Map Division Reference Room 117

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  • Narrative of a voyage to the southern Atlantic Ocean in the years 1828, 29, 30, performed in H. M. Sloop Chanticleer under the command of the late Captain Henry Foster, F.R.S. &c., by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty; from the private journal of W. H. B. Webster.

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    • Folkestone, Dawsons, 1970.
    • 1970-1834
    • 2 Items
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    Text D-20 2029 v. 1Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Report on the telegraphic determination of differences of longitude in the West Indies and Central America. By Lieut. Commander F.M. Green, U.S.N. Prepared at the U.S. Hydrographic office by order of Commodore R.H. Wyman, U.S.N., Hydrographer.

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    • Washington, Gov't Print. Off., 1877.
    • 1877
    • 1 Item
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    Text KAK+ (United States. Hydrographic Office. Publication 65)Offsite
  • Telegraphic determination of longitudes in Mexico and Central America and on the west coast of South America, embracing the meridians of Vera Cruz; Guatemala; La Libertad; Salvador; Paita; Lima; Arica; Valparaiso; and the Argentine National Observatory at Cordoba; with the latitudes of the several sea-coast stations. By Lieut. Commander Charles Henry Davis, and Lieuts. John Alexander Norris and Charles Laird, U.S.N.; with the cooperation of Benjamin Apthorp Gould, LL.D., director of the Argentine National Observatory, and Miles Rock, chief of the Guatemala Boundary Commission. Published by order of Captain J.G. Walker, U.S.N., chief of Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department.

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    • Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1885.
    • 1885
    • 1 Item
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    Text KAK+ (United States. Hydrographic Office. Publication 76)Offsite
  • Telegraphic determination of longitudes in Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and on the north coast of South America, embracing the meridians of Coatzacoalcos; Salina Cruz; La Libertad; San Juan del Sur; St. Nicolas Mole; Port Plata; Santo Domingo; Curaçao; and La Guayra, with the latitudes of the several stations. By Lieutenants J. A. Norris and Charles Laird, U.S.N. To which is appended a report on magnetic observations made at Vera Cruz, Coatzacoalcos; Salina Cruz; Port Plata; Curaçao; and La Guayra. By Lieut. Charles Laird and Ensigns J. H. L. Holcombe and L. M. Garrett, U.S.N. Published by order of Commodore F. M. Ramsay, U.S.N., chief of Bureau of navigation, Navy department.

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    • Washington, Govt. print. off., 1891.
    • 1891
    • 1 Item
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    Text KAK+ (United States. Hydrographic Office. Publication 97)Offsite
  • Voyage de Dentrecasteaux, envoyé à la recherche de La Pérouse. Pub. par ordre de Sa Majesté l'empereur et roi, sous le ministère de S.E. le vice-admiral Decrès, comte de l'empire. Rédigé par M. de Rossel.

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    • Paris, Imprimerie impériale, 1808.
    • 1808
    • 3 Items
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    Text KBF+++ (Entrecasteaux, J. A. B. Voyage de Dentrecasteaux) AtlasOffsite
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    Text KBF+ (Entrecasteaux, J. A. B. Voyage de Dentrecasteaux) v. 1Offsite
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    Text KBF+ (Entrecasteaux, J. A. B. Voyage de Dentrecasteaux) v. 2Offsite
  • The East-India navigator's daily assistant: with the new method of computing the longitude ... By R. Bishop.

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    • London, Printed for the author, by J.D. Cornish, 1774.
    • 1774
    • 1 Item
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    Text KAKK+ (Bishop, R. East-India navigator's daily assistant)Offsite
  • Greenwich time and the longitude / Derek Howse.

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    • London : Philip Wilson, 1997.
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFF 98-578Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • La longitud : la veritable història d'un geni solitari que va resoldre el problema científic més important de la seva època / Dava Sobel ; traducció de Xavier Dilla.

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    • Barcelona : Edicions 62, 1997.
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
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    Text JSD 98-84Offsite
  • Arte de navegar (1628) pelo padre mestre Cristóvão Bruno. Prefácio por A. Fontoura da Costa.

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    • [Lisboa] Divisão de publicações e biblioteca, Agência geral das colónias, 1940.
    • 1940
    • 1 Item
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    Text VXF (Borri, C. Arte de navegar)Offsite
  • Von den verschiedenen bisher bekannten Methoden zur Bestimmung der geographischen Länge und Breite, besonders in Rücksicht des Seemanns, von P.H.C. Brodhagen ...

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    • Hamburg, B.G. Hoffmann, 1791.
    • 1791
    • 1 Item

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  • Journal du voyage de M. le Marquis de Cortanvaux, sur la frégate l'Aurore, pour essayer par ordre de l'Académie, plusieurs instrumens relatifs à la longitude. Mis en ordre par M. Pingré ... nommé par l'Académie pour coopérer à la verification desdits instrumens, de concert avec M. Messier.

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    • Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1768.
    • 1768
    • 1 Item

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    Text VXFB (Courtanvaux, F. C. L. T. Journal du voyage)Offsite
  • Seven-figure trigonometrical tables for every second of time. Prepared by H.M. Nautical almanac office. Published by order of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty.

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    • London, H.M. Stationery off. [printed by C. Timling & co., ltd.] 1939.
    • 1939
    • 1 Item
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    Text VXFB (Great Britain. Nautical almanac office. Seven-figure trigonometrical tables)Offsite
  • Histoire de la détermination des longitudes.

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    • La Chaux-de-Fonds, Chambre suisse de l'horlogerie [1955]
    • 1955
    • 1 Item
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    Text VXFB (Guyot, E. Histoire de la détermination des longitudes)Offsite
  • Nautical distances and how to compute them : for the use of schools / by John J. Hogan.

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    • Kansas City, Missouri : Hudson-Kimberly Pub. Co., 1903.
    • 1903
    • 1 Item
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    Text VXFB (Hogan, J. J. Nautical distances and how to compute them)Offsite
  • Hour-angles of the sun, moon, and stars, for latitude and declination 0̊ -80̊ , and altitude 5̊ -64̊ : together with short methods of finding the longitude by chronometer; and the latitude and longitude by two 'chronometers' / by A. C. Johnson.

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    • London : J. D. Potter, 1891.
    • 1891
    • 1 Item
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    Text VXFB (Johnson, A. C. Hour-angles of the sun, moon, and stars)Offsite
  • Latitude and longitude; how to find them.

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    • London, Griffin, 1896.
    • 1896
    • 1 Item
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    Text VXFB (Millar, W. J. Latitude and longitude)Offsite
  • New lunar tables : for correcting the apparent distance of the moon from the sun, fixed star, or planet, for the effects of refraction and parallax : ... to which is added a new, easy, and accurate method of finding the latitude by double altitudes ... / by E. C. Ward.

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    • New-York : E. & G. W. Blunt, 1855.
    • 1855
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  • Voyage fait par ordre du roi en 1768 et 1769, à différentes parties du monde, pour éprouver en mer les horloges marines inventées par M. Ferdinand Berthoud ... Publié par ordre du roi. Par M. d'Eveux de Fleurieu ...

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    • Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1773.
    • 1773
    • 2 Items

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    Text VXFD (Fleurieu, C. P. C. de. Voyage fait) v. 1Offsite
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  • Divers methods for ascertaining at sea without nautical observations : the exact gain and loss of time of chronometers; according to the mean time of the place under Meridian of which they were set, and by these means to ascertain the true longitude / by Le Duc Duhamel.

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    • London : The author ; sold by Bossange, Barthés, and Lowell [1840]
    • 1840
    • 1 Item
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    Text VXFD (Le Duc Duhamel. Divers methods)Offsite
  • The means of finding the longitude at sea : gradually developed, discovered, and demonstrated in four astronomical, geographical, nautical, mathematical, and mechanical dissertations / By Major General Grant, Viscount de Vaux.

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    • London : Printed for the author, by D. N. Shury, 1808.
    • 1808
    • 1 Item
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    Text VXF (Grant, C. Means of finding the longitude at sea)Offsite
  • Arcano del mare ... Impressione seconda, corr. & accresciuta ... con l'indice de'capitoli, e delle figure, & istruzione a'librai per legarle.

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    • In Fiorenze, per Giuseppe Cocchini, 1661.
    • 1661
    • 3 Items
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    Text Map Div. (Atlas Cases) (Dudley, R. Arcano del mare. 2 v. in 3) v. 1Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117

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  • A longitude na carta de marear.

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    • Lisboa, Livraria Renascença, 1960.
    • 1960
    • 1 Item
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    Text Map Div. (Gomes, A. S. Longitude na carta de marear)Offsite
  • Primeiros trabalhos ...

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    • Rio de Janeiro, Leuzinger, 1887.
    • 1887
    • 1 Item

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  • An easie and speedy way to know the true and exact longitude of all places in the world, upon the land: and also readily to know the longitude upon the sea, by the careful use of a ship-dial and ship-watch ... Written by Digby Bull ...

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    • London, B. Motte, 1714.
    • 1714
    • 1 Item
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    Text VXFB (Bull, D. Easie and speedy way to know the true and exact longitude of all places)Offsite
  • A perfect discovery of the longitude at sea; in compliance with what's propos'd in a late act of Parliament. Being the product of nine years study, and frequent amendments of a mathematician, who has us'd the sea upwards of twenty five years, and has had the experience thereof at sea ...

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    • London, Printed by J. Cluer, 1715.
    • 1715
  • Holt's points; on the determination of a latitude or longitude (ex-meridian or time sight) from an intercept. With examples. By Joseph Holt ...

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    • [Muskogee, Okla.] 1947.
    • 1947
    • 1 Item
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    Text VXFB (Holt, J. Holt's points)Offsite
  • Luni-solar and horary tables, with their application in nautical astronomy; containing an easy and correct method of finding the longitude, by lunar observations and chronometers; the latitude, by double altitudes and elapsed time, the azimuth, amplitude, and true time ... By Janet Taylor.

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    • London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833.
    • 1833
    • 1 Item

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  • The mariner's guide; or, A new and truly original method ... of knowing the principal fixed stars in the heavens ... in any given longitude and latitude ...

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    • London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1827.
    • 1827
    • 1 Item
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    Text VXFB (Machan, R. Mariner's guide)Offsite
  • La détermination des longitudes et l'histoire des chronomètres.

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    • [Méru (Oise) J. Brárd & Bezançon] 1910.
    • 1910-1910
    • 1 Item
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    Text VXFB (Mascart, J. M. Détermination des longitudes et l'histoire des chronomètres)Offsite
  • Formulæ for finding the longitude by chronometers or time-keepers, with rules for working the observations. By J.W. Norie ...

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    • London, J.W. Norie and Co., 1819.
    • 1819
    • 1 Item
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    Text VXFB (Norie, J. W. Formulæ for finding the longitude by chronometers or time-keepers)Offsite
  • Verhandeling over het bepalen der lengte op zee, door de afstanden van de maan tot de zon, of vaste sterren ... door J.H. van Swinden ...

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    • Amsterdam, By de Wed. G.H. van Keulen, 1819.
    • 1819
    • 1 Item
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  • An humble address to the ... Lords and the rest of the ... commissioners, appointed by act of Parliament to judge of all performances relating to the longitude ...

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    • London, T. Page, 1728.
    • 1728
    • 1 Item
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  • Über die bestimmung von längen-differenzen mit hülfe des electrischen telegraphen. Von Dr. Theodor Albrecht ...

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    • Leipzig, W. Engelmann, 1869.
    • 1869
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  • Remarks, instructions, and examples relating to the latitude & longitude; also, the variation of the compass, &c., &c., &c. To which is annexed, a general chart of the globe, where the route made by the author, in different ships under his command, to the cape of Good Hope, Batavia, Canton in China, the different parts of India, Europe, and the Cape de Verde islands are marked, for the purpose of shewing the best tract of sea to meet the most favourable winds, and avoid those perplexing calms which too often attend Asiatic voyages: together with a short, but general account of variable winds, trade-winds, monsoons, hurricanes, tornadoes, tuffoons, calms, currents, and particular weather met with in those voyages, &c., &c., &c. By Thomas Truxtun.

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    • Philadelhpia [sic], Printed by T. Dobson, at the stone-house, South Second-street, 1794.
    • 1794
    • 1 Item
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    Text *KD+ 1794 (Truxtun, T. Remarks, instructions, and examples)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Sun, earth, time, and man.

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    • Chicago, Rand McNally [1960]
    • 1960
    • 1 Item
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    Text OYB (Harrison, L. C. Sun, earth, time, and man)Offsite

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