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

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

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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: The 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: with a table of the latitude and longitude of places. Calculated from the Equinoctial, to 60 deg. of Latitude, &c. Also a description and use of those instruments most in use in the art of navigation. By Andrew Wakely, Math. Carefully corrected, and very much enlarged, with many useful additions. By Ja. Atkinson, Teacher of the Mathematicks.

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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: The 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: with a table of the latitude and longitude of places. Calculated from the Equinoctial, to 60 deg. of Latitude, &c. Also a description and use of those instruments most in use in the art of navigation. By Andrew Wakely, Math. Carefully corrected, and very much enlarged, with many useful additions. By Ja. Atkinson, Teacher of the Mathematicks.

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London : printed for Rich. Mount, in Postern-Row, on Tower-Hill, Where you may have all Sorts of Sea-Books, 1716.

Date

1716.

Record Identifier

74VvXQjwwM2Z

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991011108539702626

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English

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pp.1-258 : ill. ; 8°.

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Publisher

London : printed for Rich. Mount, in Postern-Row, on Tower-Hill, Where you may have all Sorts of Sea-Books, 1716.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1716.

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

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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: The 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: with a table of the latitude and longitude...

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Reproduction of original from Harvard University Libraries.

With a half-title.

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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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74VvXQjwwM2Z

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvXQjwwM2Z

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991011108539702626