Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

The Bulletin publishes expository articles on contemporary mathematical research, written in a way that gives insight to mathematicians who may not be experts in the particular topic. The Bulletin also publishes reviews of selected books in mathematics and short articles in the Mathematical Perspectives section, both by invitation only.

ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1557118
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Book Information:

Authors: Lieutenants J. A. Norris and Charles Laird
Title: Telegraphic Determination o.f Longitudes in Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and on the North Coast of South America, with the Latitudes of the Several Stations
Additional book information: published by order of Commodore F. M. Ramsay, U. S. N., Chief of Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1891; pp. 189.
Review Information:

Reviewer: Harold Jacoby
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 1 (1891), 28-30
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1891-00026-7