The Description and Use of that Most Excellent Invention Commonly Call'd Mercator's Chart ; with Some Observations, Useful for the Better Understanding the Nature Thereof: to which is Added the Description of a New Scale, Whereby Distances on a Given Course May be Measured, Or Laid Off, at One Extent of a Pair of Compasses ; which Renders this Chart as Easy in Practice as the Plain Chart: Also a Letter to Dr. Halley, Concerning the Globular Chart. By Thomas Haselden ; Late Teacher of the Mathematicks, to His Majesty's-Volunteers, in the Royal Navy
The Description and Use of that Most Excellent Invention Commonly Call'd Mercator's Chart ; with Some Observations, Useful for the Better Understanding the Nature Thereof: to which is Added the Description of a New Scale, Whereby Distances on a Given Course May be Measured, Or Laid Off, at One Extent of a Pair of Compasses ; which Renders this Chart as Easy in Practice as the Plain Chart: Also a Letter to Dr. Halley, Concerning the Globular Chart. By Thomas Haselden ; Late Teacher of the Mathematicks, to His Majesty's-Volunteers, in the Royal Navy

Author: Thomas Haselden

Publisher:

Published: 1722

Total Pages: 32

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The Description and Use of that Most Excellent Invention, Call'd the Globular Chart: Shewing Its Agreableness to the Globe, and the Natural and Easy Consequences Thereof in the Practice of Navigation; with a Specimen of a Sea-Chart in that Projection; and Trigonometrical Calculations, to Prove the Truth Thereof, Both in Course, Latitude, Longitude, Meridian Distance ... To which is Prefix'd an Answer to Mr. Haselden's Letter to Dr. Halley ... with an Appendix, Containing an Answer to Mr. Collier
The Description and Use of that Most Excellent Invention, Call'd the Globular Chart: Shewing Its Agreableness to the Globe, and the Natural and Easy Consequences Thereof in the Practice of Navigation; with a Specimen of a Sea-Chart in that Projection; and Trigonometrical Calculations, to Prove the Truth Thereof, Both in Course, Latitude, Longitude, Meridian Distance ... To which is Prefix'd an Answer to Mr. Haselden's Letter to Dr. Halley ... with an Appendix, Containing an Answer to Mr. Collier

Author: Henry Wilson

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Published: 1722

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Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance
Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance

Author: William Sims Bainbridge

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-03-14

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9789401703604

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M. C. Roco and W.S. Bainbridge In the early decades of the 21st century, concentrated efforts can unify science based on the unity of nature, thereby advancing the combination of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and new technologies based in cognitive science. With proper attention to ethical issues and societal needs, converging in human abilities, societal technologies could achieve a tremendous improvement outcomes, the nation's productivity, and the quality of life. This is a broad, cross cutting, emerging and timely opportunity of interest to individuals, society and humanity in the long term. The phrase "convergent technologies" refers to the synergistic combination of four major "NBIC" (nano-bio-info-cogno) provinces of science and technology, each of which is currently progressing at a rapid rate: (a) nanoscience and nanotechnology; (b) biotechnology and biomedicine, including genetic engineering; (c) information technology, including advanced computing and communications; (d) cognitive science, including cognitive neuroscience. Timely and Broad Opportunity. Convergence of diverse technologies is based on material unity at the nanoscale and on technology integration from that scale.

Early Childhood Assessment
Early Childhood Assessment

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2008-12-21

Total Pages: 501

ISBN-13: 0309124654

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The assessment of young children's development and learning has recently taken on new importance. Private and government organizations are developing programs to enhance the school readiness of all young children, especially children from economically disadvantaged homes and communities and children with special needs. Well-planned and effective assessment can inform teaching and program improvement, and contribute to better outcomes for children. This book affirms that assessments can make crucial contributions to the improvement of children's well-being, but only if they are well designed, implemented effectively, developed in the context of systematic planning, and are interpreted and used appropriately. Otherwise, assessment of children and programs can have negative consequences for both. The value of assessments therefore requires fundamental attention to their purpose and the design of the larger systems in which they are used. Early Childhood Assessment addresses these issues by identifying the important outcomes for children from birth to age 5 and the quality and purposes of different techniques and instruments for developmental assessments.