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The mariner's compass rectified [electronic resource] : Containing tables, shewing the true hour of...

The mariner's compass rectified [electronic resource] : Containing tables, shewing the true hour of...

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The mariner's compass rectified [electronic resource] : Containing tables, shewing the true hour of the day, the sun being upon and 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. Which tables of sun-dials, semidiurnal arches, and amplitudes are calculated from the equater to 60 degrees of latitude, either North or South. With the description and use of those instruments most in use in the art of navigation. Also a table of the latitudes and longitudes of places. By Andrew Wakely, mathematician. Enlarged with many useful additions. The whole revised and carefully corrected, with accurate tables of the sun's declination, adjusted to the new stile. To this edition is added, the compleat boatswain. By Henry Bond.

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The mariner's compass rectified [electronic resource] : Containing tables, shewing the true hour of the day, the sun being upon and 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. Which tables of sun-dials, semidiurnal arches, and amplitudes are calculated from the equater to 60 degrees of latitude, either North or South. With the description and use of those instruments most in use in the art of navigation. Also a table of the latitudes and longitudes of places. By Andrew Wakely, mathematician. Enlarged with many useful additions. The whole revised and carefully corrected, with accurate tables of the sun's declination, adjusted to the new stile. To this edition is added, the compleat boatswain. By Henry Bond.

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London : [s.n.], Printed in the year MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]

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Printed in the year MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]

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74VK2E8jNrm3

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991018066979702626

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English

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290p. : ill. ; 12°.

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London : [s.n.], Printed in the year MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]

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England

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Printed in the year MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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The mariner's compass rectified [electronic resource] : Containing tables, shewing the true hour of the day, the sun being upon and 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. Which tables of sun-dials, semidiurnal arc...

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"The Boatswain's art: or, The complete boatswain. wherein is shewed a true proportion of the masting, yarding, and rigging of any ship ... By Henry Bond" appears on pp.[271]-290.

Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.

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ESTC N67349.

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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

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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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74VK2E8jNrm3

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991018066979702626