Practical navigation; or, An introduction to the whole art. Containing many useful geometrical definitions and problems; the doctrine of plain and spherical triangles; plain mercator, and great-circle-sailing; sundry useful problems in astronomy; the use of instruments; th azimuth-compass; ring-dyal; variation-compass; the fore-staff, quadrant, plough, and nocturnal; the plain scale, ... also a table of 10000 logarithms, and of the log. sines, tangents and secants. The fourth edition, enlarged. By John Seller, hydrographer to the King

All titles

• Practical navigation; or, An introduction to the whole art. Containing many useful geometrical definitions and problems; the doctrine of plain and spherical triangles; plain mercator, and great-circle-sailing; sundry useful problems in astronomy; the use of instruments; th azimuth-compass; ring-dyal; variation-compass; the fore-staff, quadrant, plough, and nocturnal; the plain scale, ... also a table of 10000 logarithms, and of the log. sines, tangents and secants. The fourth edition, enlarged. By John Seller, hydrographer to the King
• Table containing ten chiliads of logarithmes; Table containing ten lhiliads of logarithmes

People / Organizations

• Thomas Passinger Sr. ("sold by")

Imprint

London: printed by J. Darby, and are to be sold by the author at the Hermitage in Wapping, by W. Fisher at the Postern-gate near Tower-Hall, by R. Boulter at the Turks-Head in Cornhil, by T. Passenger at the three Bibles on London-Bridg; and R. Smith, at the Bible in Cornhil, 1680.

Publication year

1680

ESTC No.

R183712

Grub Street ID

73512

Description

[8], 342, 143-149, 250, [150] p. ; 4°.

Note

"The table ... " is all engraved execpt for the title page

With an engraved frontispiece.