The mariner's compass rectified : Containing tables, shewing the true hour of the day, the sun being upon any point of the compass: with the true time of the rising and setting of the sun and stars, and the points of the compass that the sun and stars rise and set with: and tables of amplitude. All which tables are calculated from the equinoctial to 60 degrees of latitude, &c. With the description and use of those instruments most in use in the art of navigation. Also a table of the latitude and longitude of places. By Andrew Wakely, Math. Carefully corrected, and very much enlarged with many useful additions. By J. Atkinson, teacher of the mathematics.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for William Mount and Thomas Page, on Tower-Bill, where you may have all sorts of sea-books,
1743.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | With a half-title Reproduction of original from British Library. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224,235-282 pages) : illustrations ; |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain -- England -- London. |