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 England, Scotland, Ireland, France, &c. And the Soundings coming into the Channel. With Directions for failing into some Principal Harbours. By Nathaniel Colson, Student in the Mathematicks. Whereunto is added Sailing by Mercator's chart. By John Colson, Teacher of

People / Organizations

• Nathaniel Colson (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for Richard Mount, at the Postern on Tower-Hill, 1706.

Added name

Colson, John, Teacher of mathematics, ed.

Publication year

1706

ESTC No.

T229119

Grub Street ID

249158

Description

144p. : ill. ; 4°.

Note

With a half-title

'A large and very useful table of difference' has a divisional titlepage; the text and register are continuous.