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The mariner's new calendar. Containing the principles of arithmetic and practical geometry; with the...

The mariner's new calendar. Containing the principles of arithmetic and practical geometry; with the...

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The mariner's new calendar. Containing the principles of arithmetic and practical geometry; with the Extraction of the Square and Cube Roots: Also Rules for finding the Prime, Epact, Moon's Age, Time of High-Water, with Tables for the same. Together with exact tables of the Sun's Place, Declination, and Right-Ascension: Of the Right Ascension and Declination of the Principal Fixed Stars: Of the Latitude and Longitude of Places: A large Table of Difference of Latitude and Departure, for the exact Working a Traverse. Also the description and use of the sea-quadrant, Fore-Staff and Nocturnal: Necessary Problems in Plane-Sailing and Astronomy, wrought by the Logarithms, and by Gunter's Scale: A Tide Table: The Courses and Distances on the Coast of Great Britain, Ireland, France, &c. And the Soundings at coming into the Channel: with directions for sailing into some principal harbours. By Nathaniel Colson, Student in the Mathematics. The whole revis'd and adjusted to the new stile, by William Mountaine, F.R.S [electronic resource].

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The mariner's new calendar. Containing the principles of arithmetic and practical geometry; with the Extraction of the Square and Cube Roots: Also Rules for finding the Prime, Epact, Moon's Age, Time of High-Water, with Tables for the same. Together with exact tables of the Sun's Place, Declination, and Right-Ascension: Of the Right Ascension and Declination of the Principal Fixed Stars: Of the Latitude and Longitude of Places: A large Table of Difference of Latitude and Departure, for the exact Working a Traverse. Also the description and use of the sea-quadrant, Fore-Staff and Nocturnal: Necessary Problems in Plane-Sailing and Astronomy, wrought by the Logarithms, and by Gunter's Scale: A Tide Table: The Courses and Distances on the Coast of Great Britain, Ireland, France, &c. And the Soundings at coming into the Channel: with directions for sailing into some principal harbours. By Nathaniel Colson, Student in the Mathematics. The whole revis'd and adjusted to the new stile, by William Mountaine, F.R.S [electronic resource].

Publisher

London : printed for J. Mount and T. Page, on Tower-Hill, 1764.

Uniform title

Mariners new kalendar.

Date

1764.

Record Identifier

74Vvj3Z7jbbl

MMS ID

991015144919702626

Language

English

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Physical content

136p. : ill. ; 4°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for J. Mount and T. Page, on Tower-Hill, 1764.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1764.

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Access Conditions

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

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Full title

The mariner's new calendar. Containing the principles of arithmetic and practical geometry; with the Extraction of the Square and Cube Roots: Also Rules for finding the Prime, Epact, Moon's Age, Time of High-Water, with Tables for the same. Together with exact tables of the Sun's Place, Declination, and Right-Ascension: Of the Right Ascension and D...

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General note

'A large and very useful table of difference of latitude and departure' has a separate titlepage; pagination and register are continuous.

At bottom of title page: Where you may have all Sorts of Mathematical Books.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

With a half-title.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T130146.

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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74Vvj3Z7jbbl

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvj3Z7jbbl

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MMS ID

991015144919702626