Epitome of the art of navigation or, a short, easy, and methodical way to become a complete navigator; Containing Practical Geometry, Plane and Spheric, Superficial and Solid; with its Uses in all Kinds of Mensuration. Trigonometry Plane and Spheric, both Geometric, Instrumental and Logarithmic, with its Uses in Navigation, viz. In Plane, Mercator's, and Great Circle Sailing, Geography, Astronomy, the Projection of the Sphere, &c. The Gregorian or New Calendar, Description and Use of the Plane-Chart, Mercator's-Chart, both Globes, Hemispheres, and divers other Instruments. A New Form of keeping a Sea-Reckoning, or Account of a Ship's Way. A Traverse Table; a Table of Meridional Parts; a Table of 10,000 Logarithms, and Logarithmic Sines, Tangents and Secants, carefully corrected. By James Atkinson, Senior. The whole revised and corrected, with the utmost Care, by W. Mountaine, Mathematical Examiner to the Honourable Corporation of Trinity-House of Deptford-Strond, and F.R.S

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Atkinson, James
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London printed for J. Mount, T. Page, and W. Mount, on Tower-Hill 1778, 1778
Subjects:	Naval Art And Science / Early Works To 1800 Navigation / Early Works To 1800 Navigation / Tables Navigation / Equipment And Supplies
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/0517901300?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa