From Sails to Satellites: The Origin and Development of Navigational Science

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When Hipparchus invented the coordinate system of latitude and longitude, a rough latitude could be found, at least on land, with solar measurements, but it would take another two thousand years before longitude could be measured accurately at sea. Indeed, before the perfection...

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From Sails to Satellites

By J.E.D. Williams

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