Author: BENNETT, J. A.
Title: The Divided Circle. A History of Instruments for Astronomy, Navigation and Surveying
Description: Oxford, Phaidon. Christie's. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0714880388). Cloth-Covered Boards. Hardback.4to. 222mm x 228mm tall (8.75" x 12" approx.). 224 pages with 260 illustrations, including 16 in colour. Fine, in the original black cloth-covered boards/gilt spine title, and with the fine and unclipped colour-illustrated dust-wrapper. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: Science Instruments Surveying Sundial Telescope Astrolabe Ramsden Theodolite Ptolemy Digges Nuremberg Werner Regiomontanus Quadrant Compass Azimuth Circumferentor Protractor Heliometer Sextant Graphometer Transit Dividing Engine Octant Longitude Altazimut


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