NOTES ON THE MANAGEMENT OF CHRONOMETERS AND THE MEASUREMENT OF MERIDIAN DISTANCES

by Charles F. A. Shadwell

$225 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

London: J. D. Potter, 31 Poultry, & 11 King Street, Tower Hill, 1861. 8vo. 23 cm. New edition. xv, 228 pp. Brown embossed cloth with gilt stamping on spine and front cover. Some fading to spine else very good. Written to help seamen and scientists obtain quality readings from the chronometer. Item #64356

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