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Author : United States. Army Map Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 972 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Korea
ISBN : UCAL:$B810705
Author : Edmund McNevin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Nautical astronomy
ISBN : UCAL:$B28269
Author : Richard J.A. Talbert
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190273491
In an unscientific era when maps were rarities, how did ancient Romans envisage their far flung empire? This was done by various means for certain, including with the aid of an ingenious type of portable sundial that has barely attracted notice. As the Romans understood before the first century BCE, to track the passage of the sun across the sky hour-by-hour one needed to know one's latitude and the time of year, and that, furthermore, sundials did not have to be fixed objects. These portable instruments, crafted in bronze, were adjustable for the changes of latitude to be expected on long journeys--say, for instance, from Britain to Spain, or from Alexandria to Rome, or even on a Mediterranean tour. For convenient reference, these sundials incorporated lists of twenty to thirty names of cities or regions, each with its specific latitude. One of the insights of Roman Portable Sundials is that the choice of locations offers unique clues to the mental world-map and self-identity of individuals able to visualize Rome's vast empire latitudinally. The sixteen such sundials known to date share common features but designers also vied to create enhancements. Comparison with modern calculations shows that often the latitudes listed are incorrect, in which case the sundial may not perform at its best. But then the nature of Romans' time-consciousness (or lack of it) must be taken into consideration. Richard Talbert suspects that owners might prize these sundials not so much for practical use but rather as prestige objects attesting to scientific awareness as well as imperial mastery of time and space. In retrospect, they may be seen as Roman precursors to comparable Islamic and European instruments from the Middle Ages onwards, and even to today's luxury watches which display eye-catching proof of their purchasers' wealth, sophistication, and cosmopolitanism. Richly enhanced with detailed photographs, line drawings, maps, a gazetteer, and a table of latitudes and locations, Roman Portable Sundials brings these overlooked gadgets out of the shadows at last to reveal their hitherto untapped layers of meaning.
Author : United States. Hydrographic Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Azimuth
ISBN : IND:30000099983078
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Meteorology
ISBN : PSU:000072078914
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Nautical astronomy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105126815302
Author : Nathaniel Colson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1753
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000454224
Author : Nathaniel Bowditch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : Nautical astronomy
ISBN : PRNC:32101050827607
Author : Nathaniel Bowditch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Nautical astronomy
ISBN : UOM:39015081890074
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Building
ISBN : WISC:89073026684
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 856 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11826535
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 854 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1842
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IBNN:BN000642538
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 856 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1842
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : CHI:24994185
Author : United States. Army Map Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 860 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Europe, Eastern
ISBN : OSU:32435076751205
Author : U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110639056
