Josef de Mendoza y Ríos
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Josef de Mendoza y Ríos
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Josef de Mendoza y Ríos (1761–1816) was a Spanish astronomer and mathematician of the 18th century, famous for his work on navigation.
The first work of Mendoza y Ríos was published in 1787: his treatise about the science and technique of navigation in two tomes. He also published several tables for facilitating the calculations of nautical astronomy and useful in navigation to calculate the latitude of a ship at sea from two altitudes of the sun, and the longitude from the distances of the moon
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18th and 19th-century Spanish astronomer and mathematician
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2024-03-08T17:22:58Z
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