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Ce guide est conçu pour répondre aux besoins de l’observateur, aussi bien professionnel qu’amateur : - les positions des astres sont données mois par mois pour préparer les observations : tous les astres du mois sont lisibles d’un seul coup d’œil ; - un chapitre entier est dédié aux méthodes d’observation de différents phénomènes : l’observateur a toutes les clefs pour réaliser des observations scientifiquement utilisables, intégrer un réseau d’observateurs et contribuer ainsi à l’amélioration de la recherche ; - les explications nécessaires à l’utilisation des éphémérides sont accompagnées d’exemples ; - une multitude d’informations sur les phénomènes observables sont communiquées agrémentées de cartes ; - les notions de calendriers, d’échelle de temps et autres connaissances indispensables sont rappelées. Enfin, un cahier thématique met en avant les dernières avancées scientifiques et fait le point sur l’actualité de la recherche dans un domaine particulier : « Cent ans de géodésie en France », par François Barlier (Bureau des longitudes, Université et Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur) et Claude Boucher (Bureau des longitudes).
Ephemerides. --- Astronomy --- Nautical almanacs
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Ce guide est conçu pour répondre aux besoins de l’observateur, aussi bien professionnel qu’amateur :- les positions des astres sont données mois par mois pour préparer les observations : tous les astres du mois sont lisibles d’un seul coup d’oeil ;- un chapitre entier est dédié aux méthodes d’observation de différents phénomènes : l’observateur a toutes les clefs pour réaliser des observations scientifiquement utilisables, intégrer un réseau d’observateurs et contribuer ainsi à l’amélioration de la recherche ;- les explications nécessaires à l’utilisation des éphémérides sont accompagnées d’exemples ;- une multitude d’informations sur les phénomènes observables sont communiquées agrémentées de cartes ;- les notions de calendriers, d’échelle de temps et autres connaissances indispensables sont rappelées.Enfin, quatre cahiers thématiques mettent en avant les dernières avancées scientifiques et font le point sur l’actualité de la recherche dans un domaine particulier :- « Tester la relativité générale, cadre des références de temps et d’espace » par Serge Reynaud, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Université, Collège de France ;- « Tester la relativité générale dans le Système solaire » par Agnès Fienga, Laboratoire Géoazur, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Université Nice Côte d’Azur ;- « La mission MICROSCOPE pour le test du principe d’équivalence » par Pierre Touboul (ONERA), Gilles Métris (Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur), Manuel Rodrigues (ONERA), Alain Robert (CNES) et Pierre-Yves Guidotti (CNES) ;- « Géodésie chronométrique », par Pacôme Delva, SYRTE, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, LNE.
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The Nautical Magazine first appeared in 1832, and was published monthly well into the twenty-first century. It covers a wide range of subjects, including navigation, meteorology, technology and safety. An important resource for maritime historians, it also includes reports on military and scientific expeditions and on current affairs. The 1856 volume is still overshadowed by the aftermath of the disastrous Franklin expedition to navigate the North-West Passage; ironically, the Suez Canal proposed by de Lesseps, and the possibility of a Panama canal, also feature prominently. Another report discusses a projected telegraph to the Middle East and India, while an account of a voyage to the Crimea comments that 'Gallipoli ... has little to recommend it'. Other topics covered include the sailing times of Atlantic packets and steamers, the Pacific and Indian oceans, Sydney docks, Aboriginal culture and awards received by the editor in recognition of his invention of an 'artificial horizon'.
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The Nautical Magazine first appeared in 1832, and was published monthly well into the twenty-first century. It covers a wide range of subjects, including navigation, meteorology, technology and safety. An important resource for maritime historians, it also includes reports on military and scientific expeditions and on current affairs. The 1850 volume provides extensive coverage of the ongoing search for Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition and reprints extracts from the weekly magazine of one of the ships. The Mercantile Marine Act (1850) is reported in full and a serialised phrase book, 'Turkish for Tars', provides fascinating insights into the economic and strategic importance of Turkey at that time. Besides everyday phrases, it includes medical vocabulary, ranging from 'antimony' to 'yellow fever', and many military terms. Finally, a far-sighted writer on history compares the international wrangling over the Falkland Islands to 'the squabble of two cunning boys for a rotten apple'.
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The Nautical Magazine first appeared in 1832, and was published monthly well into the twenty-first century. It covers a wide range of subjects, including navigation, meteorology, technology and safety. An important resource for maritime historians, it also includes reports on military and scientific expeditions and on current affairs. The 1855 volume is dominated by the Crimean War and includes critical comments on Balaclava and Sebastopol as well as opportunistic advertising for 'preserved vegetables for the Crimea' (recommending a precursor of 'instant mash'). In addition to regular features, it discusses the ethnography of West Africa, the eruption of Vesuvius, piracy in the Mediterranean and the China seas, and the causes of the loss of ships: the writer ranks teetotalism ('coffee instead of rum') sixth, even before poor construction of the vessel. Books reviewed include titles on the Arctic by Belcher and Bellot (also available in the Cambridge Library Collection).
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The Nautical Magazine first appeared in 1832, and was published monthly well into the twenty-first century. It covers a wide range of subjects, including navigation, meteorology, technology and safety. An important resource for maritime historians, it also includes reports on military and scientific expeditions and on current affairs. The 1852 volume is dominated by Arctic matters, particularly the long-running searches for the Franklin expedition. It includes a serialised journal of a voyage to China and a glowing review of Robert Fortune's Journey to the Tea Countries of China (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). A long-running serial, 'Shakings from Smyrna', contains an eclectic mix of information about Turkey. Piracy, slavery and shipwrecks also feature, as do the Great Exhibition, an assessment of the first year of operation of the Mercantile Marine Act and the docks, collieries, and shipbuilding industry of North-East England.
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The Nautical Magazine first appeared in 1832, and was published monthly well into the twenty-first century. It covers a wide range of subjects, including navigation, meteorology, technology and safety. An important resource for maritime historians, it also includes reports on military and scientific expeditions and on current affairs. The 1854 volume records the grant of an annuity to the widow and daughter of the famous hydrographer of the Australian coast, Matthew Flinders, forty years after his death, and a summary of Flinders' achievements. Later in the volume, the fate of Sir John Franklin (who had served as a midshipman under Flinders) is reported; other Arctic coverage includes an essay on the 'Western Esquimaux'. A major focus is the Crimean War: the Black Sea, the Ottoman and French fleets, the declaration of war and extracts from despatches from Balaclava. West Africa and the Portuguese African colonies also feature.
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The Nautical Magazine first appeared in 1832, and was published monthly well into the twenty-first century. It covers a wide range of subjects, including navigation, meteorology, technology and safety. An important resource for maritime historians, it also includes reports on military and scientific expeditions and on current affairs. The volume for 1851 features several pieces about the Arctic, including descriptions of Baffin Bay and Labrador, and reviews of two books describing the searches for Sir John Franklin's lost expedition to the North-West Passage. The content also includes the East India mail schedules, a bloodthirsty 'journal of a Russian privateer' and the final parts of the 'Turkish for Tars' course begun the previous year. There is an unusual foray into ancient history, describing Julius Caesar's expedition to England, and an advertising feature promoting a preserved potato product ideal for ships' provisions, a precursor of modern 'instant mash'.
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