The seaman's daily assistant, [electronic resource] : being a short, easy, and plain method of keeping a journal at sea; in which are contained, rules, shewing how the allowances for lee-way, variation, heave of the sea, set of currents, &c. are to be made, and to correct the dead-reckoning by an observation, in all cases: and also all the tables that are any ways necessary for the seaman's use in keeping a journal. By Thomas Haselden, late teacher of the mathematics in the Royal Navy.
1777
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The seaman's daily assistant, [electronic resource] : being a short, easy, and plain method of keeping a journal at sea; in which are contained, rules, shewing how the allowances for lee-way, variation, heave of the sea, set of currents, &c. are to be made, and to correct the dead-reckoning by an observation, in all cases: and also all the tables that are any ways necessary for the seaman's use in keeping a journal. By Thomas Haselden, late teacher of the mathematics in the Royal Navy.
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Haselden, Thomas, d. 1740.
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[Philadelphia] : London, printed: Philadelphia, re-printed and sold by J. Crukshank, in Market-Street, M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]
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United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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English
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[8],160p. ; 8⁰.
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"A journal of a voyage from England towards Madeira."--p. [133]-160; dated May 13-30, 1775.
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
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Evans, 15360
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3555
English Short Title Catalog, W2994.
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3555
English Short Title Catalog, W2994.
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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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Crukshank, Joseph, 1746?-1836, printer.
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