A new and easy guide to the use of the globes : and the rudiments of geography. Wherein The Knowledge of the Heavens and Earth is made easy to the meanest Capacity: First, by giving a concise Account of the Four Quarters of the World, with the Distance and Situation of the principal Islands, and inland Places; and Secondly, by the Solution of upward; of Seventy useful Problems, in Geography, Astronomy, Navigation, and Dialling. In which are inserted four useful tables. I. Shews the Latitude of the principal Places, and their Longitude from the Meridian of London. II. Shews the Number of Miles contained in a Degree of Longitude, at every Degree of Latitude. III. Shews where every Climate ends, with the length of the longest Day at the End of each. IV. Shews the Right Ascension, Declination, Latitude, and Longitude of the most eminent fixed Stars. To the whole are subjoined I. An appendix; Containing a short Account of the Solar System, and of the Comets and Fixed Stars: II. A supplement; Exhibiting a brief View of the Figure and Magnitude of the Earth, of the Nature of the Atmosphere, of the Theory of the Tides, and a concise System of Chronology. By Daniel Fenning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fenning, Daniel.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globes.

Geography.

Physical Description:

ix pages, 3 unnumbered pages,213 pages, 3 unnumbered pages,plates : maps ; 12⁰

Edition:

The seventh edition. Corrected and improved, by Joseph Moon, ..

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Johnson; G. G. and J. Robinson; F. and C. Rivington; G. Wilkie; J. Scatcherd; T. N. Longman; and C. Law, 1798.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

With a final advertisement leaf.

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, T199289.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.