Year: 1919 Language: english Author: Gershom Bradford Genre: Technical book Publisher: D. Van Nostrand Conpany Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 234 Description: WHEN taking into consideration the number of excellent works now published on navigation there would seem to be a small chance of finding a different angle from which to discuss the subject. The purpose of the majority of such books is to give instruction to those commencing a study of the subject. This book, however, while being adapted to beginners, is written particularly for the men who do their work mostly by rote and wish to know more of the reasons; or, perhaps, for schoolship graduates who may here find a chance to extend their horizons. I have not considered it desirable to avoid repetition and in order to closely follow a line of thought have freely repeated many points already taken up. This has in a number of cases avoided the distraction of seeking a page of reference elsewhere. I have had in mind that it serve as supplementary reading to the American Practical Navigator, Bowditch, that great bulwark of navigation which for over a hundred years has guided the masters of American ships through every deed of valor and every commercial adventure. It is placed beyond criticism by its venerable name and its remarkable record and, as a reference book for the navigator, it stands without a peer, but as a text book it founders the beginner.
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The Whys And Wherefores of Navigation
Language: english
Author: Gershom Bradford
Genre: Technical book
Publisher: D. Van Nostrand Conpany
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 234
Description: WHEN taking into consideration the number of excellent works now published on navigation there would seem
to be a small chance of finding a different angle from which
to discuss the subject. The purpose of the majority of such books is to give instruction to those commencing a
study of the subject. This book, however, while being
adapted to beginners, is written particularly for the men
who do their work mostly by rote and wish to know more of
the reasons; or, perhaps, for schoolship graduates who may
here find a chance to extend their horizons.
I have not considered it desirable to avoid repetition
and in order to closely follow a line of thought have
freely repeated many points already taken up. This
has in a number of cases avoided the distraction of seeking a page of reference elsewhere.
I have had in mind that it serve as supplementary
reading to the American Practical Navigator, Bowditch,
that great bulwark of navigation which for over a hundred
years has guided the masters of American ships through
every deed of valor and every commercial adventure. It is placed beyond criticism by its venerable name and its remarkable record and, as a reference book for the navigator, it stands without a peer, but as a text book it founders
the beginner.
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