Norwood's system of navigation: teaching the whole art, in a way more familiar, easie, and practical, than hath been hitherto done. Shewing, the projection of the plain scale: the sphere in plaino: astronomical problems useful in navigation: traverse tables: right lin'd triangles, geometrically, by tables of sines, tangents, logarithms, and by Gunter's ruler; applied to Plain and Mercator's sailing. Illustrated by schemes on copper-plates. How to make observations at sea or shore. Sure and easie ways of reckoning by latitude, longitude, and meridional distance; with tables for both ways of sailing. The longitude and latitude of principal places. Tables for the suns place and declination; of the longitudes, latitudes, declinations, right ascensions, and seasons of some noted stars. Spherical triangles; and their use in great circle sailing. The use of the globes, Azimuth compass for variation. And also of sea-gunnery. The description and use of a new instrument, called Encyclolgium, or the s

People / Organizations

• Matthew Norwood (Author)
• Hanna Sawbridge ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for H. Sawbridge, at the Bible on Ludgate-hill; and T. Wall, next the Tolzey in Bristol, 1685.

Publication year

1685

ESTC No.

R36900

Grub Street ID

119155

Description

[16], 384, 11, [1] p., plates : ill. ; 4°.

Uncontrolled note

Wing erroneously gives publication date as 1665 (H. Sawbridge active only from 1682-1686 Cf. Plomer)