The mariners new kalendar. Containing the principles of arithmetick and geometry; with the extraction of the square and cube root. Also rules for finding the prime, epact, moons-age, time of high-water; with tables for the same. Together with exact tables of the suns 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, forestaff 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 harbors. The third edition. By Nath. 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 root. Also rules for finding the prime, epact, moons-age, time of high-water; with tables for the same. Together with exact tables of the suns 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, forestaff 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 harbors. The third edition. By Nath. Colson student in the mathematicks
  • Mariner's new calendar
  • Large and very useful table of difference of latitude & departure. ; Large and very useful table of difference of latitude and departure
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Imprint
London: printed by J. Darby for William Fisher, at the Postern-Gate near Tower-Hill; Robert Boulter, at the Turks-Head, and Ralph Smith, at the Bible in Corn-Hill, near the Royal Exchange, 1677.
Publication year
1677
ESTC No.
R34832
Grub Street ID
117333
Description
163, [1] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 4°.
Note
"A large and very useful table of difference of latitude & departure ..." has a separate dated title page (P1r) bearing the imprint: London, printed by John Darby for William Fisher, at the Postern-Gate near Tower-Hill, 1677

With advertisements at foot of X2r and on X2v

Signatures: A-V]4] X]2.
Uncontrolled note
Catalogued from the original at the British Library