INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
9780470516522 (pbk. : alk. paper)
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Country Code
IR
Number
E-6483
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc
انگلیسی
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION OR PRODUCTlON
Country of publication
IR
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Pencil, paper and stars
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
:the handbook of traditional and emergency navigation
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Alastair Buchan
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Chichester, West Sussex ;Hoboken, N.J.
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: John Wiley & Sons
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
vii, 187 p. , col. ill., maps , 21 cm.
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Text of Note
Print
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
An excellent art -- Another kind of sailing -- The first navigators -- All in the mind -- Passage planning -- A home made magnetic compass -- Direction from the sun -- Direction from the stars -- Direction from the moon -- Telling the time -- Dead reckoning and estimated positions -- Coastal navigation -- Home made sextants -- Sextant corrections -- Meridian sights -- Latitude from polaris -- Longitude -- Plane sailing -- Chartmaking -- Signs of landfall -- Accuracy.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Yachting
Navigation
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
GV813
Book number
.
B785
2008
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Buchan, Alastair.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Country
ایران
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