The newe attractiue [electronic resource] : Containyng a short discourse of the magnes or lodestone,...
The newe attractiue [electronic resource] : Containyng a short discourse of the magnes or lodestone, and amongest other his vertues, of a newe discouered secret and subtill propertie, concerning the declinyng of the needle, touched therewith under the plaine of the horizon. Now first founde out by Robert Norman hydrographer. Heerevnto are annexed certaine necessarie rules for the art of nauigation by the same R.N.
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Imprinted at London : By Ihon Kyngston for Richard Ballard, 1581.
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Newe attractive.
Here after followeth a table of the sunnes declination, commonly called a regiment for the sunne, exactly calculated unto the minute, by the true place of the sunne, whose greatest declination for this age, is 23 . degrees, 28 . minutes, and maie serve for 30 . yeres without great errour.
Discours of the variation of the cumpas, or magneticall needle. Wherin is mathematically shewed, the maner of the observation, effectes, and application thereof, made by W.B. And is to be annexed to the newe attractiue of R.N. 1581.
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1581.
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[15], 26, [35], [64] p. : ill.
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Imprinted at London : By Ihon Kyngston for Richard Ballard, 1581.
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England
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1581.
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The newe attractiue [electronic resource] : Containyng a short discourse of the magnes or lodestone, and amongest other his vertues, of a newe discouered secret and subtill propertie, concerning the declinyng of the needle, touched therewith under the plaine of the horizon. Now first founde out by Robert Norman hydrographer. Heerevnto are annexed c...
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In two parts. Part 1 sometimes includes a table with a separate title page; register is continuous. Part 2 has a separate title page; register is not continuous.
Appears at UMI microfilm reel 198 (part 2 only--British Library copy); UMI microfilm reel 1157 (part 1, table only--British Library copy); and UMI microfilm reel 1578 (part 1, including table, only--Bodleian Library copy)....
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STC (2nd ed.) 18647.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/56.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 198:02, 1157:12, 1578:06)
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74VMlDQoLWOl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMlDQoLWOl
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