The sea-man's practice : Containing a fundamental problem in navigation, experimentally verified: namely, touching the compass of the Earth and sea, and the quantity of degree in our English measures. Also an exact method or form of keeping a reckoning or journal at sea, in any kind or manner of sailing. With certain tables and other rules used in navigation. As also the plotting and surveying of places: the latitude of the principal places in England: the variation of the compass: the finding of the currents at sea, and what allowance is to be given in respect of them. By Richard Norwood, reader of the mathematicks.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for Richard Mount, at the Ancient Shop at the Postern, on Tower-Hill,
1702.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | Reproduction of original from British Library. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (126 pages,plates,tables) |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain -- England -- London. |