M-D and GR / M&D

[alice malice]

There are three, at least, chapters in M-D that feature problems Ahab
has with his measuring devices and techniques.

CHAPTER 118. The Quadrant.

CHAPTER 124. The Needle.

CHAPTER 125. The Log and Line.



http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2701/2701-h/2701-h.htm#link2HCH0118

also, this may interest some here:

Memory Machines: Exploring Moby-Dick and Gravity’s Rainbow Through the
History of Film Benjamin Paul Spencer


http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03182011-210113/unrestricted/Spencer_BP_T_2011.pdf
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