The mariner's new calendar. : Containing the principles of arithmetic and practical geometry; with the extraction of the square and cube roots: also rules for finding the prime, epact, moon's age, time of high-water, with tables for the same. Together with exact tables of the sun's place, declination, and right ascension: of the right ascention and declination of the principal fixed stars. of the latitude and longtitude of places: a large table of difference of latitude and departure, for the exact working a traverse. Also, the description and use of the sea-quadrant, fore-staff and nocturnal. Necessary problems of, plane-sailing and astronomy, wrought by the logarithms, and by Gunter's scale: a tide table: the courses and distances on the coast of Great Britain, Ireland, France, &c. and the soundings at coming into the channel: with directions for sailing into some principal harbours. By Nathaniel Colson, student in the mathematics. The whole revis'd, and adjusted to the new stile, by William Mountaine, F.R.S.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colson, Nathaniel, active 1674.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Standardized Title:

Mariners new kalendar

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nautical almanacs.

Physical Description:

136 pages : illustrations ; 4⁰

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for W. and J. Mount and T. Page, on Tower-Hill, 1753. Where you may have all sorts of mathematical books, 1753.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

With a half-title.

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 National Library of Scotland.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N4038.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.