The mariners new kalendar. Containing the principles of arithmetick and geometry; with the extraction of the square and cube roots. Also rules for finding the prime, epact, moon's age, time of high-water, with tables for the same. Together with exact tables of the sun's place, declination, and right ascension. Of the right ascension and declination of the principal fixed stars. Of the latitude and longitude of places. A large table of difference of latitude and departure, for the exact working a traverse. Also the description and use of the sea-quadrant, forestaf and nocturnal. The problems of plain-sailing and astronomy, wrought by the logarithms, and by Gunter's scale. A rutter for the coasts of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, &c. And the soundings coming into the Channel. With directions for sailing into some principal harbours. By Nathaniel Colson, student in the mathematicks

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  • The mariners new kalendar. Containing the principles of arithmetick and geometry; with the extraction of the square and cube roots. Also rules for finding the prime, epact, moon's age, time of high-water, with tables for the same. Together with exact tables of the sun's place, declination, and right ascension. Of the right ascension and declination of the principal fixed stars. Of the latitude and longitude of places. A large table of difference of latitude and departure, for the exact working a traverse. Also the description and use of the sea-quadrant, forestaf and nocturnal. The problems of plain-sailing and astronomy, wrought by the logarithms, and by Gunter's scale. A rutter for the coasts of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, &c. And the soundings coming into the Channel. With directions for sailing into some principal harbours. By Nathaniel Colson, student in the mathematicks
  • Mariner's new calendar; Mariner's new kalendar; Large and very useful table of difference of latitude & departure
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Imprint
London: printed by J.D. for Richard Mount, at the antient shop at the Postern on Tower-Hill; where you may have all sorts of mathematical and sea-books, 1697.
Publication year
1697
ESTC No.
R174105
Grub Street ID
67399
Description
152 p. : tables ; 4°.