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Re: AW: A superb site for downloading the old works on navigation

From: Alexandre E Eremenko (no email)
Date: Tue Apr 25 2006 - 08:27:34 EDT

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    Wolfgang,
    1. Go to http://trials.galegroup.com/nlw2006/history.html
    2. Click Eighteenth Century...
    3. On the next screen click Medicine...
    and enter Maskelyne as an "author"
    4. On the next page, Click on any book of Maskelyne
    The title page will pop up.
    5. Now in the LEFT UPPER corner of the screen,
    you see "Page Image full view" and one line below a little
    icon which looks like a printer with inscription
    Print/View PDF.
    Click on it.
    6. On the next page click the third circle from above
    "View/print up to 50 pages..."
    and enter the page numbers.

    Alex

    On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, [iso-8859-1] Wolfgang Köberer wrote:

    >
    > Gentlemen,
    >
    > I can access the site and read (or print) the works one page by one, but I'm
    > unable to download them "in batches of 50 pages" as Jan Kalivoda suggested.
    > Can somebody give me a hint how this can be done?
    >
    > Regards, Wolfgang
    >
    > Dr. Wolfgang Köberer
    > Wolfsgangstr. 92
    > D-60322 Frankfurt am Main
    > Tel: + 49 69 95520851
    > Fax: + 49 69 558400
    > e-mail:
    >
    >
    > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
    > Von: Navigation Mailing List [mailto:M] Im
    > Auftrag von Frank Reed
    > Gesendet: Montag, 24. April 2006 09:02
    > An:
    > Betreff: Re: A superb site for downloading the old works on navigation -
    > only to the e...
    >
    > Gary, you wrote:
    > "I'm really frustrated, I go to that web site and I can't figure out
    > how to find the resources you are describing. What's the secret? how do
    > you search the web site?"
    >
    > Go here:
    > http://trials.galegroup.com/nlw2006/history.html
    >
    > Then in the middle of the list on the left, click 'Eighteenth Century
    > Collections Online'. On the next page, enter a good keyword like
    > "longitude" or "navigation". Click search, and you're off. You have
    > seven days left.
    >
    > -FER
    > www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
    >


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