The description and uses of Barston's new-invented universal astronomical quadrant : which appears from authentick certificates transmitted to the Right Honourable the Lords of the Admiralty, to excel all others in navigation; and from repeated experiments of able astronomers, &c. to be more serviceable in astronomy, surveying of land, and dialling, than any other hitherto Invented.

Format:

Book

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quadrants (Astronomical instruments)--Early works to 1800.

Quadrants (Astronomical instruments).

Physical Description:

32 pages,plate ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed: and sold by T. Cox at the Lamb under the Royal-Exchange: and J. Turner at the Sign of the Quadrant and Dial in Hatton-Garden, M,D.CCXL. [1740]

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

Price from imprint: Price 6 d.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T186472.

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