From Sails to Satellites: The Origin & Development of Navigational Science

Cover\nFrontispiece\nTitle\nCopyright\nAuthor\'s Preface\nContents\nIntroduction\n1 Geography to Magellan\n	Notes to Chapter 1\n2 Numerate Navigators Without Science\n	Notes to Chapter 2\n3 Three Necessary Mathematical Inventions\n	Meridional Parts\n	The PZX Triangle\n	Logarithms\n	Tables through the Ages\n	Notes to Chapter 3\n4 A New Way of Thought\n	Notes to Chapter 4\n5 A Political History of the Longitude\n	Notes to Chapter 5\n6 The Great Pursuit of the Longitude\n	Notes to Chapter 6\n7 Astronomical Navigation with Sextant and Chronometer\n	Notes to Chapter 7\n8 Victoriana\n	The Magnetic Compass in Iron Ships and Aeroplanes\n	Tides\n	Notes to Chapter 8\n9 Self-Containment\n	Notes to Chapter 9\n10 The Homing Quality of Radio\n	Notes to Chapter 10\n11 The Seeing Quality of Radio\n	Notes to Chapter 11\n12 Radio, Apollonius, and Professor Doppler\n	Notes to Chapter 12\n13 The Path of Minimum Time\n	Notes to Chapter 13\n14 A Game of Chance\n	Notes to Chapter 14\n15 On The Price of Annuities\n	Notes to Chapter 15\n16 Past, Present, and Future\n	Notes\nReferences\nAcknowledgements\nIndex