The description and uses of a new contriv'd eliptical double dial; as also of the universal æquinoctial dial : Which serve to find the latitude, hour of the day, the true meridian, the altitude, azimuth, and declination of the sun; his place in the ecliptick, the time of his rising and setting, length of day and night, &c. With a scheme of each dial curiously engraven. Very useful for all seamen and travellers, and our curious gentry to set, examine, and adjust their pendulums. Whereunto is added a correct table of the latitude of the most eminent cities and towns in Europe; as also a table of equation. By Tho. Tuttell mathematical instument-maker at the Kings-Arms and Globe at Charing-Cross.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
printed by W. Redmayne for the author, and are to be sold by J. Harris at the Harrow in Little-Brittain,
1698.
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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: | After imprint: Price stitcht one shilling. A1 is a folding leaf. "Eliptical" and "double" are joined by a right brace bracket. "Universal" and "æquinoctial" are also joined by a right brace bracket. Wing CD-ROM, 1996 has "elliptical" in the title. Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([16], 39, [9] pages) |