Dead Reckoning Computers for Air Navigation

History -- design -- inventors

Alexander Piel (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

338 Seiten

2021
BoD – Books on Demand (Verlag)
978-3-7534-4574-8 (ISBN)

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This book tells the fascinating story of air navigation. In the beginning, pilots found their way by comparing the landscape below with the map. Railroads became their 'iron compass'. Above the clouds, the pilot had to make proper corrections of his heading for the deflection by the wind. This was the hour of birth for mechanical instruments for solving the wind problem. Soonthese instruments were complemented with a set of scales to calculate flight time, fuel consumption, corrected instrument readings, and many more. The description of these instruments and their principles is embedded in a narrative of their historical context and their ingenious inventors. Collectors of these instruments will find detailed descriptions of models and makers.

Alexander Piel is full professor (ret.) of atomic and plasma physics at Kiel University. He is an avid collector of slide rules and mechanical calculators.

Erscheinungsdatum	17.06.2021
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	491 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe
Schlagworte	Erfinder • Luftfahrt • Navigation • Piloten • Rechengeräte
ISBN-10	3-7534-4574-6 / 3753445746
ISBN-13	978-3-7534-4574-8 / 9783753445748
Zustand	Neuware