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Chapter The forgotten nautical astronomical instruments

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Astrology and meteorology have always had great importance for agriculture and navigation. They are described some measuring and forecasting instruments which, in the past, had a moderate success to navigate the Mediterranean, but they were forgotten because they were supplanted by other more reliable instruments in oceans. We refer to: parapegma, (made when meteorology was still a particular aspect of astrology); a calculator for determining the position of stars; instruments to establish position of a ship with respect to the Sun or the North Pole and to determine ships direction and speed

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Florence : Firenze University Press., 2022

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English

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9791221500301

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History of Technology
Nautical astronomical instruments
Parapegma
Mediterranean sailing
Meteorological Instruments

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Candra

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10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.35

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