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Thermometrical navigation. : Being a series of experiments and observations, tending to prove, that by ascertaining the relative heat of the sea-water from time to time, the passage of a ship through the Gulph Stream, and from deep water into soundings, may be discovered in time to avoid danger, although (owing to tempestuous weather,) it may be impossible to heave the lead or observe the heavenly bodies. / Extracted from the American Philosophical Transactions. Vol. 2 and 3. With additions and improvements. ; [One line from Poor Richard].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815, author.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 36722.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navigation.
- Navigation--Safety measures.
- Temperature measurements.
- Genre:
- Maps -- Atlantic Ocean.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 98 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates) : map
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by R. Aitken, numbers 22, Market Street., 1799.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Author's dedication to Thomas Truxton signed: Jonathan Williams. Philadelphia, August 1, 1799.
- With an errata slip.
- "Errata."--p. 98.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 36722).
- Cited in:
- Evans 36722
- Rink, E. Technical Americana, 3893
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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