MAZURE M. ALivre Rare Book
Memoire sur l'Astronomie Nautique Dans lequel 1 on discute plusierus methodes pour avoir l'heure et la latitude du Vaisseaux; 2 on arrive par des considerations geometriques a des formules tres simples pour calculer l'influence des erreurs d'observation sur les resultats conclus; 3 enfin on explique la formation et l'usage de quatre Tables nouvelles et tres commodes pour avoir les erreurs des resultats et pour juger aussi des circonstances les plus favorables;
182223924Paris: Bachelier gendre Courcier successeur de Mme Ve Courcier 1822. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. VIII 84 pages 16 pages tables last blank 2 folding plates. Page 84 is errata. Complete. 8 1/4 x 10 3/8 inches. 4to. Original but intended temporary binder's reddish paper wrappers loose from text block where the half-title is glued down. Large folding plate page 21. An uncut unopened copy. Old temporary plain paper spine reinforcement. Printed on laid paper. Wraps. J. A. Mazure Duhamel was Curator of the Marine Observatory and Professor of the navigation school. OCLC notes two other works by Mazure-Duhamel 1812 Marseille on elements of Arithmetic where Mazure Duhamel was "Teacher of Seamanship" and Toulon 1825 on the construction of tables.<br/><br/>The subtitle loosely translated explains the contents fairly well: "Memoir on Nautical Astronomy In which Part 1 discusses methods for time and latitude of vessels; Part 2 it happens by geometrical considerations has very simple formulas to calculate the influence of observation errors on the results concluded; Part 3 Finally we explain the formation and use of four new tables and very convenient for the errors of the results and also to judge the best of times;" Cotter in his "A History of Nautical Astronomy pp 284-5" notes that M. Mazure Duhamel published in this work the prototype of "A and B correction tables" used in position-line navigation Heath.<br/><br/>Less than a dozen copies in OCLC/Worldcat as of this listing. Houzeau & Lancaster 10583. Found in the Printed Catalogues of the Library of the Royal Astronomical Society Luther Martino:2006. Bachelier, gendre Courcier, successeur de Mme Ve Courcier unknown books
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