An epitome of navigation [electronic resource] : containing the doctrine of plain and spherical tria...
An epitome of navigation [electronic resource] : containing the doctrine of plain and spherical triangles and their Use and Application in Plain Sailing, Mercator's Sailing, and Great Circle Sailing, as also in Astronomy and Geography, and Rules for finding the Variation of the Compass and correcting the Course. Together with tables of the sun and stars Right Ascension and Declination, Of the Latitude and Longitude of Places, Of Meridional Parts. Likewise a Traverse Table, A Perpetual Almanack; and other things very useful in the Art of Navigation. And the logarithm sines and tangents, with the Logarithms of Natural Numbers, from 1 to 10000, according to those exact Tables formerly set forth, by Henry Gellibrand. Carefully corrected and enlarged with many useful additions, by James Atkinson, Teacher of Navigation.
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London : printed for Richard Mount, at the Postern on Tower-Hill, 1701.
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1701.
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81,[47];[182]p.,plates : ill. ; 8°.
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London : printed for Richard Mount, at the Postern on Tower-Hill, 1701.
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England
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1701.
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An epitome of navigation [electronic resource] : containing the doctrine of plain and spherical triangles and their Use and Application in Plain Sailing, Mercator's Sailing, and Great Circle Sailing, as also in Astronomy and Geography, and Rules for finding the Variation of the Compass and correcting the Course. Together with tables of the sun and...
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Half-title: 'Gellibrand's Epitome of navigation, with additions by Mr. Atkinson.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The tables of the sun and stars have no pagination and are entitled: "Several tables necessary in the art of navigation. ..", London, 1702. The logarithm, sines and tangents have no pagination but separate register and titlepage: "A triangular canon logarithmical: or, a table of artificial sines and tangents. .. With a table of logarithms, ..", Lon...
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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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74VvL4X7pjyl
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