[CALCULATING THE LOXODROME LINE FOR VESSELS] Gemide tûl tayini için kisa, sehil ve mücerreb usûl [ve] vakt-i hakîkîyi bulmak için vakt-i hakîkînin seri' hesabi

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THE NAVAL SCHOOLS (Prep. by), Seyr-i Sefain Idaresi Külliyatindan / Bahriye Matbaasi, Istanbul, [AH 1341] = 1925.

Original red cloth, gilt lettering on front board. Fading and stains on the extremities of boards. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). In Ottoman Turkish (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). [3], 52, [1] p., imprint page has "Seyr-i Sefâin Idaresi" [i.e. Turkish Maritime Administration] letterhead.

Uncommonly scarce first and only edition of this Turkish nautical guide to vessels and sailors, containing the logarithm tables to calculate the loxodrome line used for correct bearing while sailing, according to the Mercator projection, published by the Turkish Maritime Administration two years after the proclamation of the new Republic.

Not in Özege.; Not in OCLC.