The seaman's practice containing a fundamental problem in navigation, experimentally verified: Namely, Touching the Compass of the Earth and Sea, and the Quantity of a Degree in our English Measures. Also An exact Method or Form of keeping a Reckoning or Journal at Sea, in any kind or manner of Sailing. With certain Tables and other Rules used in Navigation. The Latitude of the Principal Places in England: The Variation of the Compass: The finding of the Currents at Sea, and what Allowance is to be given in respect of them. By Richard Norwood, Reader of the Mathematicks
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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London
printed for Richard Mount, in Postern-Row on Tower-Hill
1712, MDCCXII. [1712]
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Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Item Description: | English Short Title Catalog, N23159. - Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library |
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Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (118p) ill 4° |