Chapter The forgotten nautical astronomical instruments
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 reliab...
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Firenze University Press
2022
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| Series: | Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
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