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Thermometrical navigation : being a series of experiments and observations, tending to prove, that by ascertaining the relative heat of the sea-water from time to time, the passage of a ship through the Gulph Stream, and from deep water into soundings, may be discovered in time to avoid danger, although, owing to tempestuous weather, it may be impossible to heave the lead or observe the heavenly bodies

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Main Author: Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Printed and sold by R. Aitken ., 1799.
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Navigation > Early works to 1800.
Thermometers > Early works to 1800.
Temperature measurements > Early works to 1800.
Ocean temperature > Atlantic Ocean > Navigation > Early works to 1800.
Gulf Stream > Temperature > Early works to 1800.
Gulf Stream > Navigation > Early works to 1800.
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Call Number: LCP AqR.69 W 72
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