On Pressure Logs for Measuring the Speed of Ships
by NAPIER, James R
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About This Item
[Glasgow]: From the Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow., 1872. 14pp, [2]. With illustrations throughout. Original publisher's pink wraps. Soiling to part of upper wrap, internally clean and tight. An offprint of James Napier's announcement of his pressure-based speed gauge for ships, an improvement of that announced in 1854, an 'application to ships of the principle which Pitor, a celebrated French Mathematician, had applied in the year 1732 to the measurement of the velocity of rivers.' . Offprint. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ9119
- Title
- On Pressure Logs for Measuring the Speed of Ships
- Author
- NAPIER, James R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Offprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- From the Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow.
- Place of Publication
- [Glasgow]
- Date Published
- 1872
- Keywords
- Nautical, Maritime, Pressure-based Speed Gauge
- Size
- 8vo
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Wareham, Dorset
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