Clarke's seaman's desiderata, or, Concise, practical rules for computing the apparent time at sea, the latitude from double solar altitudes, and the longitude from the lunar observations : with a simple and expeditious method of clearing the lunar distances from the effects of parallax and refraction / with additions and corrections by J.G.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Clarke, Henry, 1743-1818.

Contributor:

Garnett, John, 1748 or 1751-1820.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 314.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Navigation.

Nautical astronomy.

Physical Description:

48 pages, 28 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm

6x9 in.

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

Concise, practical rules for computing the apparent time at sea, the latitude from double solar altitudes, and the longitude from the lunar observations.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick [N.J.] : Printed by Abraham Blauvelt, 1801.

Notes:

For a listing of titles in each box consult American bibliography : a preliminary checklist for 1801-1819 / compiled by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker.

Microopaque. Worcester, Mass. : American Antiquarian Society, 1964. 1 microopaque ; 23 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 314).

Cited in:

Shaw & Shoemaker, 314.

OCLC:

15440425