- Ninth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques”
- Edited by Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci
The forgotten nautical astronomical instruments
- Fabrizio Benincasa
- Matteo De Vincenzi
- Gianni Fasano
- © 2022 Author(s) |
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.35
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
- Keywords:
- Nautical astronomical instruments,
- Parapegma,
- History of Technology,
- Mediterranean sailing,
- Meteorological Instruments,
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Chapter Title
The forgotten nautical astronomical instruments
Authors
Fabrizio Benincasa, Matteo De Vincenzi, Gianni Fasano
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.35
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2022
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Book Title
Ninth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques”
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Livorno (Italy) 14th-16th June 2022
Editors
Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2022
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© 2022 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
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Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
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2975-0423
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2975-0288