Delayed progress in navigation: the introduction of line of position navigation in Germany and Austria

DOI10.1007/S13137-010-0010-XMaRDI QIDQ476202zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Günther Oestmann

Publication date 28 November 2014

Published in GEM - International Journal on Geomathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s13137-010-0010-x

zbMATH Keywords

navigationhistoryline of positionMarcq Saint-HilaireSumner

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60)

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