The works of Edmund Gunter : containing the description and use of the sector, cross-staff, bow, qua...
The works of Edmund Gunter : containing the description and use of the sector, cross-staff, bow, quadrant, and other instruments. With a canon of artificial sines and tangents to a radius of 10,00000 parts, and the logarithms from an unite to 10000 ... and some questions in navigation added by Mr. Henry Bond ... To which is added, the description and use of another sector and quadrant, both of them invented by Mr. Sam. Foster ... furnished with more lines, and differing from those of Mr.Gunters both in form and mannner of working.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
London : Printed by A.C. for Francis Eglesfield, 1673.
Date
1673.
Call Numbers
67/3
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
[20], 309, [3], 224, [172] p., 4 plates (3 folded): ill.; 20 cm. (4to)
Publication information
Publisher
London : Printed by A.C. for Francis Eglesfield, 1673.
Edition
5th ed., diligently corrected / by William Leybourn.
Analytical title
Works of that famous mathematician Mr. Edmund Gunter.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1673.
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Alternative Titles
Full title
The works of Edmund Gunter : containing the description and use of the sector, cross-staff, bow, quadrant, and other instruments. With a canon of artificial sines and tangents to a radius of 10,00000 parts, and the logarithms from an unite to 10000 ... and some questions in navigation added by Mr. Henry Bond ... To which is added, the description a...
Variant title
Works of that famous mathematician Mr. Edmund Gunter.
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Notes
General note
"The sector altered by S.Foster", "The cross-staff" and "The canon triangulorum" have special title-pages dated respectively 1673, 1673, 1672.
Engraved half t.p.: The works of that famous mathematician Mr. Edmund Gunter.
Dixson copy: Half t.p. signed: G. Whitaker. Ms notes on end papers. Folded plate "A table of cubique roots" in ms form. Lacks t.p. "The Canon triangulorum."...
Citation / References Note
Wing G2241.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
67/3
Record Identifier
74VKOKkD5GWy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOKkD5GWy
Other Identifiers
DDC
522.4
MMS ID
991022449509702626
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