Adjustment errors of sunstones in the first step of sky-polarimetric Viking navigation: studies with dichroic cordierite/ tourmaline and birefringent calcite crystals

According to an old but still unproven theory, Viking navigators analysed the skylight polarization with dichroic cordierite or tourmaline, or birefringent calcite sunstones in cloudy/foggy weather. Combining these sunstones with their sun-dial, they could determine the position of the occluded sun,...

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Autores principales: Száz, Dénes, Farkas, Alexandra, Blahó, Miklós, Barta, András, Egri, Ádám, Kretzer, Balázs, Hegedüs, Tibor, Jäger, Zoltán, Horváth, Gábor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2016
Materias:
Physics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26909167
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150406

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26909167
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150406

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