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A brief description of a new instrument, invented by Mr. Caleb Smith, for taking altitudes of the su...

A brief description of a new instrument, invented by Mr. Caleb Smith, for taking altitudes of the su...

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A brief description of a new instrument, invented by Mr. Caleb Smith, for taking altitudes of the sun, moon, and stars, from the visible horizon; or any other angles at sea [electronic resource] : Whereby the interruption, and inconvenience, occasioned by the ship's motion, in observing with the quadrants commonly used, is remedied, and prevented. And the latitude found with great ease, accuracy, and expedition. With directions how to use it at Sea. Made and sold by George Adams, at Tycho Brahe's Head, near the Castle-Tavern in Fleetstreet, London; who makes, and sells, by wholesale and retale, and sorts of mathematical instruments, for land and sea, curiously and exactly finished in silver, brass, ivory, wood, &c. for the purposes of geometry, surveying, gauging, measuring, architecture, astronomy, geograghy, navigation, &c.

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A brief description of a new instrument, invented by Mr. Caleb Smith, for taking altitudes of the sun, moon, and stars, from the visible horizon; or any other angles at sea [electronic resource] : Whereby the interruption, and inconvenience, occasioned by the ship's motion, in observing with the quadrants commonly used, is remedied, and prevented. And the latitude found with great ease, accuracy, and expedition. With directions how to use it at Sea. Made and sold by George Adams, at Tycho Brahe's Head, near the Castle-Tavern in Fleetstreet, London; who makes, and sells, by wholesale and retale, and sorts of mathematical instruments, for land and sea, curiously and exactly finished in silver, brass, ivory, wood, &c. for the purposes of geometry, surveying, gauging, measuring, architecture, astronomy, geograghy, navigation, &c.

Publisher

[London : s.n., 1732-1735]

Date

1732-1735]

Record Identifier

74VK2zOeAy8Z

MMS ID

991018013239702626

Language

English

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Physical content

8p. : ill. ; 4°.

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Publisher

[London : s.n., 1732-1735]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1732-1735]

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

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A brief description of a new instrument, invented by Mr. Caleb Smith, for taking altitudes of the sun, moon, and stars, from the visible horizon; or any other angles at sea [electronic resource] : Whereby the interruption, and inconvenience, occasioned by the ship's motion, in observing with the quadrants commonly used, is remedied, and prevented....

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Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.

Additional physical form availability note

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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74VK2zOeAy8Z

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991018013239702626