Norwood's epitome: being the application of the doctrine triangles, in certain problems, concerning the use of the plain sea-chart, and mercator's chart. Being the two most usual kinds of sailing. With a table of artifical sines and trangents, and the complements arrithmetical of sines, supplying the use of secants. To radius 10,00000 and to every degree and minute of the quadrant. Also the logarithms of absolute numbers from 1 to a 1000; with a table of the right ascension and declination of the sun, and certain principal fixed stars. Whereunto is added, the farther use of the forenamed tables, in questions of navigation, astronomy and geography; as also an universal almanak. The last edition, newly revised and corrected. By Richard Norwood, reader of the mathematicks

All titles

• Norwood's epitome: being the application of the doctrine triangles, in certain problems, concerning the use of the plain sea-chart, and mercator's chart. Being the two most usual kinds of sailing. With a table of artifical sines and trangents, and the complements arrithmetical of sines, supplying the use of secants. To radius 10,00000 and to every degree and minute of the quadrant. Also the logarithms of absolute numbers from 1 to a 1000; with a table of the right ascension and declination of the sun, and certain principal fixed stars. Whereunto is added, the farther use of the forenamed tables, in questions of navigation, astronomy and geography; as also an universal almanak. The last edition, newly revised and corrected. By Richard Norwood, reader of the mathematicks
• Norwood's epitomie
• Certain necessary tables useful in the art of navigation

People / Organizations

• Richard Norwood (Author)

Imprint

London: printed by J. D. for Richard Mount at the Postern on Tower-hill, 1698.

Added name

Norwood, Richard, 1590?-1675. Triangular canon logarithmical.

Publication year

1698

ESTC No.

R181092

Grub Street ID

71860

Description

[2], 126, [64] p. : ill. ; 8°.

Note

The second title page on p. [35] "A triangular canon logarithmical" is dated 1697

With diagrams and charts.