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Jim

Jim Dickson is a Mathematics graduate who spent the first half of his career in the Royal Navy and the second half as a mathematics teacher.

Vectors and the Admiralty Manual of Navigation 1938

7 December 202529 November 2025 by Jim

Recipe for vector addition required on the bridge of an RN warship back in the day.

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Healing Dogs, Trubervile’s Booke of hunting, 1576

27 November 2025 by Jim

a figure from Chapter 79 of Turbervile’s Booke of Hunting, 1576, showing the administration of medicine to a hunting dog.

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Fancy Pigeons, Boys Own Paper XIV, 1891

27 November 202514 November 2025 by Jim

colour figure of pigeons from Boys Own Paper

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Sailing Vessels

27 November 202513 November 2025 by Jim

a figure of a sailing ship, naming the sails

Categories Royal Navy, Seamanship Tags maritime, sailing, sails Leave a comment

Cardioid

10 November 2025 by Jim
Categories curves Leave a comment
  • Animals and Nature
  • curves
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  • Vectors and the Admiralty Manual of Navigation 1938
  • Healing Dogs, Trubervile’s Booke of hunting, 1576
  • Fancy Pigeons, Boys Own Paper XIV, 1891
  • Sailing Vessels
  • Cardioid

maritime sailing sails vectors

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