Epitome of the art of navigation; or, A short, easy and methodical way to become a compleat navigator [electronic resource] : Containing, practical geometry, plane and spheric, superficial and solid; with its uses in all kinds of mensuration. Trigonometry, plane and spheric, both geometric, instrumental, and logarithmic; with its uses in navigation, viz. In plane, Mercator's, and great circle-sailing, geography, astronomy, the projection of the sphere, &c. The Gregorian or new calendar, description and use of the plane-chart, Mercator's-chart, both globes, hemispheres, and divers other instruments. A new form of keeping a sea-reckoning, or account of a ship's way. A traverse-table; a table of meridional parts; a table of 10,000 logarithms, and logarithmic sines, tangents and secants, carefully corrected. By James Atkinson, Senior. The whole revis'd, and corrected, with the utmost care, by W. Mountaine, teacher of the mathematics, & F.R.S.
1758
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Epitome of the art of navigation; or, A short, easy and methodical way to become a compleat navigator [electronic resource] : Containing, practical geometry, plane and spheric, superficial and solid; with its uses in all kinds of mensuration. Trigonometry, plane and spheric, both geometric, instrumental, and logarithmic; with its uses in navigation, viz. In plane, Mercator's, and great circle-sailing, geography, astronomy, the projection of the sphere, &c. The Gregorian or new calendar, description and use of the plane-chart, Mercator's-chart, both globes, hemispheres, and divers other instruments. A new form of keeping a sea-reckoning, or account of a ship's way. A traverse-table; a table of meridional parts; a table of 10,000 logarithms, and logarithmic sines, tangents and secants, carefully corrected. By James Atkinson, Senior. The whole revis'd, and corrected, with the utmost care, by W. Mountaine, teacher of the mathematics, & F.R.S.
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London : Printed for W. and J. Mount, T. Page and Son, on Tower-Hill, M,DCC,LVIII. [1758]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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447,[1]p., 10 plates ; 8⁰.
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With a half-title.
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, N31188.
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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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