The mariners new kalendar. Containing the principles of arithmetick and geometry; with the Extraction of the Square and Cube Roots. Also Rules for finding the Prime, Epact, Moon's Age, Time of High-Water, with Tables for the same. Together with exact tables of the sun's 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, Fore-Staff and Nocturnal. The Problems of Plain-Sailing and Astronomy, wrought by the Logarithms, and by Gunter's Scale. A Tide Table. The Courses and Distances on the Coast of Great Britain, Ireland, France, &c. And the Soundings coming into the Channel. With Directions for sailing into some Principal Harbours. By Nathaniel Colson, Student in the Mathematicks

People / Organizations

• Nathaniel Colson (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for William Mount and Thomas Page, at the Postern on Tower-Hill. 1735. Where you may have all Sorts of Mathematical and Sea Books, [1735]

Publication year

1735

ESTC No.

T101462

Grub Street ID

155342

Description

132p. : ill. ; 4°.

Note

On half-title: "Stampt according to the late Act of Parliament (with three two penny stamps)"

Pp.[89]-109 contain 'A large and very useful table' with separate titlepage, but continuous pagination and register

Vertical chain lines.

Uncontrolled note

Pp.90-96 misnumbered 174-180