The seaman's practice : containing a fundamental problem in navigation, experimentally verified: namely, touching the compass of the earth and sea, and the quantity of a 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. 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 /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Printed for Richard Mount, in Postern-row on Tower-hill,
MDCCX. [1710]
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| Item Description: | Originally published: London, 1637. Signatures: A-P⁴. Leaf P4 (pages [1]-[2] at the end) contains the volvelle to be cut out and attached to page 103. Pages 43-87 contain a table for the difference of latitude and departure from the meridian. This edition is not currently in ESTC. The Cushing Library/Maritime Collection copy is bound with: The mariners new kalendar ... / by Nathaniel Colson. London : Printed for Richard Mount, 1710. Adams (cited below) notes another exemplar of this title bound with the 1711 edition of Colson's Mariners new kalendar. |
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| Physical Description: | 118 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Place of Publication: | England -- London. |