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Marine Navigation Instruments by Jean Randier is a superbly illustrated book covering dead reckoning including dromoscopes, compasses; pilotage as an art; celestial navigation including astrolabes, quadrants, reflecting circles, etc; measuring time at sea; hydrography, geodesy, terrestrial astronomy; observing and forecasting the weather, with excellent description of the instruments and how they were used.