The mariner's compass rectified [electronic resource] : containing tables, shewing the true hour of the day, the Sun being upon any Point of the Compass: With the true Time of the Rising and Setting of the Sun and Stars, and the Points of the Compass upon which they rise and set: With Tables of Amplitudes and Declination. Which Tables of Sun-Dials, Semidiurnal Arches and Amplitudes are calculated from the Equator to 60 Degrees of Latitude, either North or South. With A Description of the most useful Instruments in Practice in the Art of Navigation. Also, A Table of the Latitude and Longitude of Places. By Andrew Wakely, Mathematician. Enlarged with many useful additions, by J. Atkinson. The whole revised, corrected, improved and enlarged, with new tables and examples, by John Adams, Teacher of the Mathematics, And Author of the Young Sea Officer's Assistant.
1787
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The mariner's compass rectified [electronic resource] : containing tables, shewing the true hour of the day, the Sun being upon any Point of the Compass: With the true Time of the Rising and Setting of the Sun and Stars, and the Points of the Compass upon which they rise and set: With Tables of Amplitudes and Declination. Which Tables of Sun-Dials, Semidiurnal Arches and Amplitudes are calculated from the Equator to 60 Degrees of Latitude, either North or South. With A Description of the most useful Instruments in Practice in the Art of Navigation. Also, A Table of the Latitude and Longitude of Places. By Andrew Wakely, Mathematician. Enlarged with many useful additions, by J. Atkinson. The whole revised, corrected, improved and enlarged, with new tables and examples, by John Adams, Teacher of the Mathematics, And Author of the Young Sea Officer's Assistant.
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London : printed for Mount and Page, on Tower-Hill; Where may be had all Sorts of Sea-Books, Charts, &c, 1787.
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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272p. ; 12⁰.
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With a half-title.
Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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English Short Title Catalog, N11831.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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