This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Navigational Instruments Display At Morehead Planetarium
CHAPEL HILL March 1 Nav igational instruments from ancient to modern times are shown at the Morehead Planetarium University of North Carolina A reproduced 400 year map first showing America is part of the exhibit which runs for several weeks In addition to devices such as the Astrolabe Cross Staff English Quadrant and Sextant the display includes artificial suns horizons and sight lines to aid visitors The collection highlights the evolution from Astrolabe to the modern Army Sextant and its aircraft navigation adaptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
Morehead
University of North Na
Hipparchus
B. C
U. S. Army
America
Stevens
John Carter Brown
Nuremberg
Wooed Bis
Henry N. Stevens
John Nicholas Brown
Providence
Planetarium
Fels Planetarium
Philadelphia
Columbus
Vasco da Gama
John Davis
Oer Snelling
Pittsboro
N. C
Isaac Newton
John Hadley
T. T. Jones
Durham
Messer
Army Air Corps
Morehead Planetarium
University At Chapel Hill
Nuremburg
Germany
W. D. Loch
Eft
James Smith