The posthumous works [electronic resource] : of Mr. John Ward, Author Of The Young Mathematician's G...
The posthumous works [electronic resource] : of Mr. John Ward, Author Of The Young Mathematician's Guide. In two parts. Part I. Containing His New Method of Navigation by Parallel Parts, by which all Questions in Sailing may be answered with great Expedition and Truth, in a different Manner from Plain Mercator, and Great Circle Sailing, by the Solution of a plain Triangle only. Also Compendiums of Practical and Speculative Geometry, and of Plain Trigonometry, with their Application to Plain Mercator, and Middle Latitude Sailing, with several curious Questions in Surveying. Part II. Containing the Doctrine of the Sphere, and the Demonstrations and Calculations of Spherical Trigonometry, in which the Construction of the Figures are New, and drawn so as to represent Solids, by which the Demonstrations are made easy to the meanest Capacity. Published by a particular friend of the author's from the original manuscripts and revised by Mr. George Gordon, Mathematician in London.
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London : printed for L. Hawes, W. Clarke, and R. Collins, at the Red-Lion, in Pater-Noster-Row, M.DCC.LXV. [1765]
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M.DCC.LXV. [1765]
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viii,493,[3]p.,plate : ill ; 8°.
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London : printed for L. Hawes, W. Clarke, and R. Collins, at the Red-Lion, in Pater-Noster-Row, M.DCC.LXV. [1765]
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M.DCC.LXV. [1765]
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The posthumous works [electronic resource] : of Mr. John Ward, Author Of The Young Mathematician's Guide. In two parts. Part I. Containing His New Method of Navigation by Parallel Parts, by which all Questions in Sailing may be answered with great Expedition and Truth, in a different Manner from Plain Mercator, and Great Circle Sailing, by the Solu...
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A reissue of the 1730 edition, with a different titlepage and sig. B reset. Includes: 'A table of difference of latitude and departure.' 'A table of meridional parts, or miles.' and 'A table of parallel parts in half a mile's differ. of Longitude.' each with a separate titlepage dated 1729.
Preface signed G.W. the plate contains moveable cuts.
Reproduction of original from British Library....
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ESTC T132887.
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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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