The seaman's tutor, explaining geometry, cosmography, and trigonometry : with requisite tables of longitude and latitude of sea-ports, traverse tables, tables of easting and westing, meridian miles, declinarions, amplitudes, refractions, use of the compass , kalendar, measure of the earth's globe, use of instruments and charts, difference of sailing, estimation of a ship's way by the log, and log-line, currents, etc. : compiled for the use of the mathematical school in Christ's hospital-London, His Majesty Charles II, his royal foundation /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for Obadiah Blageave ...,
1682.
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| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | "Whereas Mr. P. P. ... deceased, left this tutor of navigation in great part done ... it is now finished by his brother Eysum Perkins." -- Dedication. "Briggs logarithms": [66] pages. "A table of artificial sines and tangents, for every degree and minute of the quadrant, fitted to the size of the logarithms. London, Printed for Robert Harford, 1679", 112 pages has special t.p. Weights and measures with the tale of several goods. London, Printed by William Godbid for Robert Harford, 1677, has special t.p. Reproduction of original in Trinity College Library, Dublin. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([6], 47, [66], [112], [89], [49]-260 pages : illustrations. |