The History of Celestial Navigation

30.06.2021

Englisch

9783030436339

Springer International Publishing

Historical & Cultural Astronomy

Nein

332

Broschiert

Rise of the Royal Observatory and Nautical Almanacs

Dr. P. Kenneth Seidelmann received an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1960, followed by a Master of Science degree in 1962 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Dynamical Astronomy in 1968. After military service as a Research and Development Coordinator at the US Army Missile Command from 1963 to 1965, he joined the Nautical Almanac Office of the US Naval Observatory. In February 1976, he was named Director of the Nautical Almanac Office. In September 1990, the Nautical Almanac Office was reorganized into two departments and he became director of the Orbital Mechanics Department. In June 1994, the US Naval Observatory was reorganized and Dr. Seidelmann became Director of the Directorate of Astrometry, which included three departments dealing with astrometry and astronomical data. In 2000 he retired from the US Naval Observatory and became a research professor in the Astronomy Department of the University of Virginia.

history of almanacs, almanac offices, history of longitude, history of Greenwich Meridian, celestial navigation history, standard reference system history, Nautical Almanac, Royal Greenwich Observatory, maritime navigation history, US Almanac Office, modern celestial navigation

PGG - Astronomische Beobachtung: Observatorien, Ausrüstungen und Methoden PDX - Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften RGW - Geographische Informationssysteme (GIS) und Fernerkundung TBX - Technikgeschichte

235 mm

15.5 cm