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Applications of Oceanographical Research to Navigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

G. E. R. Deacon
G. E. R. Deacon
Affiliation:
(Director, the National Institute of Oceanography)
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Oceanography is concerned with the applications of all sciences to the study of the sea, and navigation, in its widest sense, with the application of any science and systematic knowledge to the purpose of maintaining safe and efficient communications across the oceans. They have something in common, but oceanographical work, whatever its future promise, is primarily academic, and navigation the application of well-tried conclusions. It would be wrong to suggest that basic studies of sea conditions are followed by systematic attempts to use them to improve navigation. Progress is sporadic, depending on individual enthusiasms and commercial enterprise as well as the efforts of government departments and professional associations. There is no sharp division between the basic work and its applications, or, after allowing for some extremes, between the scientist and the authority on navigation.

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Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , July 1951 , pp. 276 - 287
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1951

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