Norwood's system of navigation: teaching the whole art, in a way more familiar, easie, and practical, than hath hitherto been 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 ... 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 Encyclologium, or the sliding circles; which, with ease, resolves all questions of proportion, trigonometry, arithmetick, square and cube root, gunnery, mensuration, and dyalling. By Matthew Norwood, teacher of mathematical arts

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  • Norwood's system of navigation: teaching the whole art, in a way more familiar, easie, and practical, than hath hitherto been 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 ... 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 Encyclologium, or the sliding circles; which, with ease, resolves all questions of proportion, trigonometry, arithmetick, square and cube root, gunnery, mensuration, and dyalling. By Matthew Norwood, teacher of mathematical arts
  • Table containing ten chiliads of logarithmes.; Triangular canon logarithmical. ; Table containing ten chiliads of logarithms.
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Imprint
London: printed by F. Collins, and sold by Richard Mount, at the Postern on Tower-Hill, 1692.
Publication year
1692
ESTC No.
R41569
Grub Street ID
123169
Description
[16], 384, 11, [149], 50 p., [11] leaves of plates (some folded) : diagrams (woodcuts) ; 4°.
Note
"A table containing ten chiliads of logarithmes" has a separate dated title page (]22B1r) with imprint: London, printed by John Gain, 1685. "A triangular canon logarithmical" has a separate dated title page (]22I1r) with imprint: London, printed by J. Gain in upper Moor-Fields, next door but one to the Flying Horse, 1685. Register is continuous

Signatures: A]4] a]4] B-3C]4, ]22A]4] ]22a]2] ]22B-2T]4] ]22U]2] ]22X-3C]4] ]23D]2(-]23D2).
Uncontrolled note
Catalogued from the original at the British Library