The Discovery of an Early Bearing-Dial
It has hitherto been generally presumed that the division of the horizon into thirty-two points was a development of the late medieval period. Such a division, it has been said, was impossible in the pre-compass era. ‘It is questionable whether even so many as sixteen directions could have been pick...
| Published in: | Journal of Navigation |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1953
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300027314 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0373463300027314 |