The description and use of the current logg [electronic resource] : or, an instrument to try a curre...
The description and use of the current logg [electronic resource] : or, an instrument to try a current when a ship is under sail; by which The true Distance may be measured, and the Direction and Velocity of the Current at any Time found. To which is added, the use of Hadley's quadrant. for Taking of Angles and Heights in surveying of Land, Bays, Harbours, &c. or taking the Distances of Capes and Headlands when at Sea. By William Orcherton, M. A. A Teacher of Mathematics in the Royal Navy during the late War.
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London : printed for the author, and J. Millan opposite the Admiralty, MDCCLXIV. [1764]
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MDCCLXIV. [1764]
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[2],ii,29,[3]p. : ill. ; 12°.
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London : printed for the author, and J. Millan opposite the Admiralty, MDCCLXIV. [1764]
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England
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MDCCLXIV. [1764]
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The description and use of the current logg [electronic resource] : or, an instrument to try a current when a ship is under sail; by which The true Distance may be measured, and the Direction and Velocity of the Current at any Time found. To which is added, the use of Hadley's quadrant. for Taking of Angles and Heights in surveying of Land, Bays, H...
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Pp.[19,20] are blank.
Price from imprint: Price 1 s.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The final leaf contains 'Directions to sailors, travellors, or collectors of rarities'.
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ESTC T112228.
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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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74VvQ7WPrAp3
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991014488349702626
