The triangular quadrant, or, The quadrant on a sector : being a general instrument for land or sea observations : performing all the uses of the ordinary sea instruments, as Davis quadrant, forestaff, crosstaff, bow, with more ease, profitableness, and conveniency, and as much exactness as any or all of them : moreover, it may be made a particular and a general quadrant for all latitudes, and have the sector lines also : to which is added a rectifying table to find the suns true declination to a minute or two, any day or hour of the 4 years : whereby to find the latitude of a place by meridian, or any two other altitudes of the sun or stars / first thus contrived and made by John Brown ...

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Brown, John (Philomath)

Series:

Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1545:11.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quadrants (Astronomical instruments).

Dialing.

Mathematical instruments.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 24 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

Triangular quadrant.

Quadrant on a sector.

Place of Publication:

[London] : To be sold at [his, i.e. Brown's] house, or at Hen. Sutton's ..., 1662.

Notes:

Added illustrated t.p.

Place of publication suggested by Wing.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1984. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 : 1545:11)

Cited in:

Wing B5043

OCLC:

13117453