New Methods Of Finding The Longitude: Either At Sea Or On Shore (1826)

Yarrow, Thomas; Lynn, Thomas

ISBN 10: 1164832190 / ISBN 13: 9781164832195

Published by Kessinger Publishing, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: New Methods Of Finding The Longitude: Either At Sea Or On Shore (1826)
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1164832190
• ISBN 13: 9781164832195
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

""New Methods of Finding the Longitude: Either at Sea or on Shore"" is a book written by Thomas Yarrow and published in 1826. The book offers new techniques and methods for determining longitude, a crucial aspect of navigation in the 18th and 19th centuries. The author provides detailed instructions and illustrations for using various instruments, such as the chronometer, sextant, and telescope, to accurately calculate longitude. Yarrow also includes practical advice for sailors and navigators, such as how to account for variations in magnetic declination and how to use celestial observations to determine longitude. The book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of navigation and the development of modern maritime technology.To Which Are Added Supplementary Tables Of The Moon�������s Place And Of The Sun�������s Right Ascension, For 1827, For Facilitating The Operations.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

About the Author

Tomas Lynn was born in 1930 at St. Louis, Missouri. A professional law enforcement officer, he taught report writing courses at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center at Glyncoe, Georgia.

A soldier, poet, husband, father and grandfather, he was also a regular contributing editor for Writers Rescue Magazine and a columnist for Sharing & Caring Magazine. His fiction bylines include The Last Battle published by Sandpiper Press and Gurney's Squad published in Sharing & Caring. Lynn's essays and articles have been published in Army Magazine, Writer's Journal, Writer's Guidelines & News and Mediphors. He is a member of the Georgia Poetry Society, the Georgia Writers Inc., and the Gulf Coast Writers Association.

In 1995, his poem Old Comrades was engraved on a Korean War Memorial monument and unveiled at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor, Maine.

He is the author of "Over The Transom": Confessions of a Wannabe Writer due out October 2002 by Southern Charm Press. For more information, visit: http://www.southerncharmpress.com/thomas.html