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An address to the ship owners of Liverpool
Saxby, S M
1854 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
Report on dopes and detonation
Callendar, H L
1925 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.73
Aeronautics: fourth report on wind structure
Dines, J S
1914 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.73
Rolling and yawing moments of an aerofoil in straight flight
Great Britain. Aeronautical Research Committee
1925 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.73
Experiments on the air forces on rotating cylinders
Thom, A
1925 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.73
Note on a hot-wire speed and direction meter
Simmons, L F G
1926 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.73
Experiments on flow behind a rotation cylinder in the water channel
Great Britain. Aeronautical Research Committee
1925 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.73
Notes on the determination of the magnetic meridian and on the approximate determination of the azimuth of a star
Rankine, W J Macquorn
1855 • • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
Memoire sur les deviations de la boussole, produites par le fer des vaisseaux
Poisson, Monsieur
1838 • • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
Le Operazioni del compasso geometrico et militare di Galileo Galilei
Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze
1980 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.
531.716.6"16"
Nautical, logarithmic, and astronomical tables ...
Rosser, W H
ca1891 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
527
A description of the changeable magnetic properties possessed by all iron bodies and the different effects produced by the same on ship's compasses
Lecount, P
1820 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
Note on the minimum speed from which the direction of a gliding aeroplane can be changed to a horizontal path for landing
Meredith, F W
1925 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.73
Magnetic observations 1819-1820
Sabine, Edward
1820 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
094:537.67
Sextant price list /
Heath and Co
[1905?] • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
528.5(085)
A pathetical and serious dissuasive from the horrid and detestable sins of drunkenness, swearing, uncleanness, forgetfulness of mercies, violation of promises and atheistical contempt of death...
Flavel, John
1760 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
094:248
A pathetical and serious disswasive from the horrid and detestable sins of drunkenness, swearing, uncleanness, forgetfulness of mercies, violation of promises and atheistical contempt of death... / Flavel, John. 1721.
Flavel, John
1721 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
094:248
The Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia
Sylvester, E W
Oct 1959 • PAMPHLET • 2 copies available.
069(26:755)
Navigation / by R. v. d. R. Woolley and F. H. Fisher
Woolley, Richard van der Riet.
1936. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
527:094
A pathetical and serious disswasive from the horrid and detestable sins of drunkenness, swearing, uncleanness, forgetfulness of mercies, violation of promises and atheistical contempt of death...
Flavel, John
1698 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
094:248
On the dip of the magnetic needle in London, in August 1828
Sabine, Edward,-Sir,
1829 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
094:537.67
The big book of explorers / David Marshall
This is a large-format children's book which covers explorers from the Stone Age to space exploration. There are colour illustrations and photographs on every page. The section on early travellers includes material on the Greeks, Romans, Vikings and Marco Polo. 'The Golden Age of Discovery' features Henry the Navigator and Christopher Columbus. Sir Francis Drake appears in the section 'Establishing the New World'. Captain James Cook and Mungo Park are included in 'To All Points on the Compass'. 'New Perspectives' includes material on the source of the Nile and Charles Darwin. The final section 'To the Limits and Beyond' deals with polar exploration, flight and space, and undersea explorers.
1992. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
910.4(100)
On the annual variation of the magnetic declination, at different periods of the day
Sabine, Edward,-Sir,
1851 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
Scenes from sea and city : Lloyd's List 1734-1984 : 250th anniversary supplement
Cameron, Alan
1984 • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
05Lloyd's List
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