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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 that the sun and stars rise and set: with tables of amplitudes. Which tables of sun-dials, semidiurnal arches, and amplitudes are calculated from the equator 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 table of the latitudes and longitudes of places. By Andrew Wakeley, Mathematician. Enlarged with many useful additions, by J. Atkinson. The whole revised, and carefully corrected, with accurate tables of the sun's declination, adjusted to the new-stile. By William Mountaine, F.R.S.

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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 that the sun and stars rise and set: with tables of amplitudes. Which tables of sun-dials, semidiurnal arches, and amplitudes are calculated from the equator 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 table of the latitudes and longitudes of places. By Andrew Wakeley, Mathematician. Enlarged with many useful additions, by J. Atkinson. The whole revised, and carefully corrected, with accurate tables of the sun's declination, adjusted to the new-stile. By William Mountaine, F.R.S.

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London : Printed for J. Mount and T. Page, on Tower-Hill, where you may have all sorts of sea books, 1764.

Date

1764.

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74VKwGJ2DqAM

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991018404759702626

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English

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272p. ; 12°.

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Publisher

London : Printed for J. Mount and T. Page, on Tower-Hill, where you may have all sorts of sea books, 1764.

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England

Date Published

1764.

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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 that the sun and stars rise and set: with tables of amplitudes. Which tables of sun-dials, semidiur...

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Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.

With a half-title.

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ESTC T171637.

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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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74VKwGJ2DqAM

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKwGJ2DqAM

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991018404759702626