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The mariners-compass rectified [electronic resource] : containing tables shewing the true hour of th...

The mariners-compass rectified [electronic resource] : containing tables shewing the true hour of th...

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The mariners-compass rectified [electronic resource] : containing tables shewing the true hour of the day, the sun being upon any 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 : and tables of amplitude ... hereunto is added an appendix containing the description and use of those instruments most in use in the art of navigation : with a table of the latitude and longitude of places, composed after a new order / by Andrew Wakely.

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The mariners-compass rectified [electronic resource] : containing tables shewing the true hour of the day, the sun being upon any 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 : and tables of amplitude ... hereunto is added an appendix containing the description and use of those instruments most in use in the art of navigation : with a table of the latitude and longitude of places, composed after a new order / by Andrew Wakely.

Author / Creator

Publisher

London : Printed for Richard Mason and Thomas Passenger, 1694.

Date

1694.

Record Identifier

74Vv2pxDbraZ

MMS ID

991003874829702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

viii, 315, [3] p.

Publication information

Publisher

London : Printed for Richard Mason and Thomas Passenger, 1694.

Edition

Carefully corrected, altered and very much enlarged with many useful additions / by Ja. Atkinson.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1694.

Access and use

Access Conditions

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

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Full title

The mariners-compass rectified [electronic resource] : containing tables shewing the true hour of the day, the sun being upon any 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 : and tables of amplitude ... hereunto is added an appendix...

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

"Exact tables of the sun's declination. Printed by J.D., 1691" (p. 1-92), "Astronomical tables of semidiurnal and seminocturnal arches. Printed by J.D., 1692" (p. 93-114), and "Astronomical tables shewing the point of the compass ... Printed by J.D., 1692" (p. 115-145) have special t.p.'s.

Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.

Citation / References Note

Wing W274.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/57.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1345:8)

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Record Identifier

74Vv2pxDbraZ

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv2pxDbraZ

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MMS ID

991003874829702626