A new and complete description of the terrestrial and celestial globes, with their several uses. [el...
A new and complete description of the terrestrial and celestial globes, with their several uses. [electronic resource] : In eight parts. Containing I. Definitions of the several Parts of the Celestial and Terrestrial Globes, both real and imaginary, with their several Uses. II. A short but comprehensive System of the Geography of the Terrestrial Globe. III. The Use of the Terrestrial Globe, exemplified or illustrated in Sixty-Eight Problems, with very easy Directions for working them. IV. The Construction of the Analemma, with its Use on the Terrestrial Globe, in Seven Problems. V. A further Use of the Terrestrial Globe, exemplified in Forty-Five Theorems, with their Explications. VI. A Continuation of the Use of the Terrestrial Globe, exemplified in Fifty-Six Paradoxes, with their Solutions; distinguished into Geographical, Philosophical, and Astronomical. Vii. The Use of the Celestial Globe, exemplified in Twenty-Six Problems, with very easy Directions to obtain their Solutions, to which is prefixed a short Account of the Copernican System, and a short Explanation of the latter Part of Parker's Ephemeris. Viii. A Continuation of the Use of the Celestial Globe, exemplified in Twelve Nautical Problems, for finding the Latitude at Sea; with the like easy Solutions. To which is annexed, an appendix, concerning the nature and use of the orrery, Or Planetarium. The Whole, interspersed with useful and instructive Notes, is designed and adapted for the Use of Schools, in Great-Britain and Ireland; and in the British Colonies and Plantations abroad. By Thomas Dilworth, Schoolmaster in Wapping; Author of the New Guide to the English Tongue, Schoolmasters Assistant, &c. &c.
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London : printed and sold by Richard and Henry Causton, at the Printing-Office, No 21, in Finch-Lane, near the Royal Exchange, MDCCLXXV. [1775]
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MDCCLXXV. [1775]
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viii,191,[2],x-xiip.,III plates : ill. ; 8°.
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London : printed and sold by Richard and Henry Causton, at the Printing-Office, No 21, in Finch-Lane, near the Royal Exchange, MDCCLXXV. [1775]
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MDCCLXXV. [1775]
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A new and complete description of the terrestrial and celestial globes, with their several uses. [electronic resource] : In eight parts. Containing I. Definitions of the several Parts of the Celestial and Terrestrial Globes, both real and imaginary, with their several Uses. II. A short but comprehensive System of the Geography of the Terrestrial Gl...
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Reproduction of original from British Library.
The final three pages of the index are numbered x-xii.
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ESTC T83999.
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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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