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The British mariner's guide. [electronic resource] : Containing, complete and easy instructions for...

The British mariner's guide. [electronic resource] : Containing, complete and easy instructions for...

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The British mariner's guide. [electronic resource] : Containing, complete and easy instructions for the discovery of the longitude at sea and land, within a Degree, by Observations of the Distance of the Moon from the Sun and Stars, taken with Hadley's Quadrant. To which are added, An Appendix, containing a Variety of interesting Rules and Directions, tending to the Improvement of Practical Navigation in general. And a Sett of correct Astronomical tables. By Nevil Maskelyne, A. M. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and of the Royal Society.

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The British mariner's guide. [electronic resource] : Containing, complete and easy instructions for the discovery of the longitude at sea and land, within a Degree, by Observations of the Distance of the Moon from the Sun and Stars, taken with Hadley's Quadrant. To which are added, An Appendix, containing a Variety of interesting Rules and Directions, tending to the Improvement of Practical Navigation in general. And a Sett of correct Astronomical tables. By Nevil Maskelyne, A. M. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and of the Royal Society.

Publisher

London : printed for the author; and sold by J. Nourse, in the Strand; Mess. Mount and Page, on Tower-Hill; and Mess. Hawes, Clarke, and Collins, in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCLXIII. [1763]

Date

MDCCLXIII. [1763]

Record Identifier

74VvG8bNKQ4b

MMS ID

991012697609702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[4],x,[6],130,[2],xxxv,[1]p. ; 4°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for the author; and sold by J. Nourse, in the Strand; Mess. Mount and Page, on Tower-Hill; and Mess. Hawes, Clarke, and Collins, in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCLXIII. [1763]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

MDCCLXIII. [1763]

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

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Full title

The British mariner's guide. [electronic resource] : Containing, complete and easy instructions for the discovery of the longitude at sea and land, within a Degree, by Observations of the Distance of the Moon from the Sun and Stars, taken with Hadley's Quadrant. To which are added, An Appendix, containing a Variety of interesting Rules and Directio...

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Notes

General note

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T58799.

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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74VvG8bNKQ4b

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvG8bNKQ4b

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MMS ID

991012697609702626