A complete system of general geography explaining The Nature and Properties of the Earth: viz. It's Figure, Magnitude, Motions, Situation, Contents, and Division, into Land and Water, Mountains, Woods, Desarts, Lakes, Rivers, &c. With particular Accounts of the different Appearances of the Heavens in different Countries; the Seasons of the Year over all the Globe; the Tides of the Sea; Bays, Capes, Islands, Rocks, Sand-Banks, and Shelves. The State of the Atmosphere; the Nature of Exhalations; Storms, Tornados, &c. The Origin of Springs, Mineral Waters, Burning Mountains, Mines, &c. The Uses and Making of Maps, Globes, and Sea Charts. The Foundations of Dialling; the Art of Measuring Heights and Distances; the Art of Ship-Building, Navigation, and the Ways of Finding the Longitude at Sea. Originally written in Latin by Bernhard Varenius, M.D. Since improved and illustrated. By Sir Isaac Newton and Dr. Jurin; and now translated into English; with additional notes, Copper-Plates, an Alphabetical Index, and other Improvements. Particularly useful to Students in the Universities; Travellers, Sailor, and all those who desire to be acquainted with Mixed Mathematics, Geography, Astronomy, and Navigation. By Mr. Dugdale. The whole revised and corrected by Peter Shaw, M. D

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Varenius, Bernhardus
Other Authors:	Shaw, Peter
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London printed for L. Hawes, W. Clarke, and R. Collins, at the Red-Lion, in Pater-Noster-Row 1765, M.DCC.LXV. [1765]
Edition:	The fourth edition, with large additions. In two volumes
Subjects:	Geography / Early Works To 1800
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/0827400101?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa