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Navigation Technology

Published on Dec 11, 2015

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Navigation Technology

What problems did mariners face, and how did they solve them?
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Direction: compass

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latitude: astrolabe

Longitude: clocks

The earth moves 15 degrees per hour.
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Now you know where you are!

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How can we get somewhere else?

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Sailing into the wind: Lateen sail

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Take idea, adapt, repeat.

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...keep improving...

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center rudder=better stearing

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