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The new practical navigator [electronic resource] : Being an epitome of navigation, containing the d...

The new practical navigator [electronic resource] : Being an epitome of navigation, containing the d...

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The new practical navigator [electronic resource] : Being an epitome of navigation, containing the different methods of working the lunar observations, and all the requisite tables used with the nautical almanac, in determining the latitude and longitude, and keeping a complete reckoning at sea; illustrated by proper rules and examples; the whole exemplified in a journal kept from England to the island of Teneriffe: also, the substance of that examination, every candidate for a commission in the Royal navy, and officer in the Honourable East India Company's service, must pass through, previous to their being appointed: this, with the sea terms, are particularly recommended to the attention of all young gentlemen designed for, or belonging to the sea. So that this book, and the nautical almanac, will be found fully sufficient for the seaman and teacher's use, and is rendered easy to any common capacity. The twelfth edition, constructed on a new plan, and illustrated with copper-plates. By John Hamilton Moore, teacher of navigation, hydrographer and chart-seller to His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence.

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The new practical navigator [electronic resource] : Being an epitome of navigation, containing the different methods of working the lunar observations, and all the requisite tables used with the nautical almanac, in determining the latitude and longitude, and keeping a complete reckoning at sea; illustrated by proper rules and examples; the whole exemplified in a journal kept from England to the island of Teneriffe: also, the substance of that examination, every candidate for a commission in the Royal navy, and officer in the Honourable East India Company's service, must pass through, previous to their being appointed: this, with the sea terms, are particularly recommended to the attention of all young gentlemen designed for, or belonging to the sea. So that this book, and the nautical almanac, will be found fully sufficient for the seaman and teacher's use, and is rendered easy to any common capacity. The twelfth edition, constructed on a new plan, and illustrated with copper-plates. By John Hamilton Moore, teacher of navigation, hydrographer and chart-seller to His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence.

Publisher

London : Printed for and sold by B. Law, in Stationers' Court; G.G. and J. Robinson, Pater-Noster Row; and the author, on Tower Hill, 1796.

Uniform title

Practical navigator and seaman's new daily assistant.

Date

1796.

Record Identifier

74Vv5BrJgMlM

MMS ID

991017854979702626

Language

English

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Physical content

viii,309;[209]p.,plates : port.,maps,ill. ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : Printed for and sold by B. Law, in Stationers' Court; G.G. and J. Robinson, Pater-Noster Row; and the author, on Tower Hill, 1796.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1796.

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

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The new practical navigator [electronic resource] : Being an epitome of navigation, containing the different methods of working the lunar observations, and all the requisite tables used with the nautical almanac, in determining the latitude and longitude, and keeping a complete reckoning at sea; illustrated by proper rules and examples; the whole e...

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General note

First published in 1772 as 'The practical navigator and seaman's new daily assistant'.

Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.

Signatures: [pi]⁴?A-2Q⁴?2A-3B⁴?chi².

The tables are unpaginated and separately signed.

With two final advertisement leaves.

Citation / References Note

ESTC N20366.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74Vv5BrJgMlM

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MMS ID

991017854979702626