An epitome of navigation: containing the doctrin of plain & spherical triangles, and their use and application in plain sailing, mercator's sailing, and great circle sailing, as also in astronomy and geography, and rules for finding the variation of the compass, and correcting the course. Together with tables of the sun and stars right ascension and declination, of the latitude and longitude of places, of meridional parts. Likewise a traverse-table, a perpetual almanack, and other things very useful in the art of navigation. And the logarithm sines and tangents, with the logarithms of natural numbers from 1 to 2000, carefully corrected according to those exact tables formerly set forth. By Henry Gellibrand, late professor of astronomy in Gresham-College

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  • An epitome of navigation: containing the doctrin of plain & spherical triangles, and their use and application in plain sailing, mercator's sailing, and great circle sailing, as also in astronomy and geography, and rules for finding the variation of the compass, and correcting the course. Together with tables of the sun and stars right ascension and declination, of the latitude and longitude of places, of meridional parts. Likewise a traverse-table, a perpetual almanack, and other things very useful in the art of navigation. And the logarithm sines and tangents, with the logarithms of natural numbers from 1 to 2000, carefully corrected according to those exact tables formerly set forth. By Henry Gellibrand, late professor of astronomy in Gresham-College
  • Several necessary tables appertaining to navigation; Triangular canon logarithmical; Two chiliads or the logarithms of absolute numbers from an unite to 2000; Appendix containing the use of the fore-staff, quadrant & nocturnal in navigation
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Imprint
London: printed by Andr. Clark for William Fisher, and are to be sold at his shop at the Postern near Tower-Hill, 1674.
Publication year
1674
ESTC No.
R7568
Grub Street ID
127825
Description
[16], 57, [159] p. : ill. ; 8°.
Note
"Several necessary tables appertaining to navigation, with their uses briefly explained in order following: ... London: Printed for W. Fisher, 1674." and "A triangular canon logarithmical: or, A table of artificial sines and tangents, to every degree and minute of the quadrant. The common radius being 10.0000000. London: Printed for W. Fisher, near the Posters on Tower-Hill, 1674." each has special title page

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