An epitome of the art of navigation. [electronic resource] : Containing the doctrine of plain and spherical triangles, and their Use and Application in Plain Sailing, Mercator's Sailing, and Great Circle Sailing, as also in Astronomy and Geography, and Rules for finding the Variation of the Compass, and correcting the Course. Together with tables of the sun and stars Right Ascension and Declination, Of the Latitude and Longitude of Places, Of Meridional Parts. Likewise a Traverse Table, A Perpetual Almanack; and other things very useful in the Art of Navigation. And the logarithm sines and tangents, with the Logarithms of Natural Numbers, from 1 to 10000, according to those exact Tables formerly set forth, by Henry Gellibrand. Corrected and enlarged with many additions, by James Atkinson, Teacher of Navigation.
1706
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An epitome of the art of navigation. [electronic resource] : Containing the doctrine of plain and spherical triangles, and their Use and Application in Plain Sailing, Mercator's Sailing, and Great Circle Sailing, as also in Astronomy and Geography, and Rules for finding the Variation of the Compass, and correcting the Course. Together with tables of the sun and stars Right Ascension and Declination, Of the Latitude and Longitude of Places, Of Meridional Parts. Likewise a Traverse Table, A Perpetual Almanack; and other things very useful in the Art of Navigation. And the logarithm sines and tangents, with the Logarithms of Natural Numbers, from 1 to 10000, according to those exact Tables formerly set forth, by Henry Gellibrand. Corrected and enlarged with many additions, by James Atkinson, Teacher of Navigation.
Uniform Title
Epitome of navigation
Publication Details
London : printed for Richard Mount, in Postern-Row, on Tower-Hill, 1706.
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
Pp.1-68,[46];[184]p.,plates : ill. ; 8⁰.
Note
The logarithm sines and tangents have no pagination and a separate titlepage reading: 'A triangular canon logarithmical: or, a table of artificial sines and tangents, .. With a tabel [sic] of logarithms, ..' London, 1706.
Register continuous.
Catchword on p.68: readily.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Register continuous.
Catchword on p.68: readily.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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English Short Title Catalog, T112256.
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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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