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A perfect discovery of the longitude at sea : In compliance with what's propos'd in a late act of Parliament. Being the product of nine years study, and frequent amendments of a mathematician, who has us'd the sea upwards of twenty five years, and has had the experience thereof at sea. And his projection hath been view'd and approv'd on by most of the mathematicians about London.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
French, John (Mathematician)
Series:
Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Longitude.
Physical Description:
20 pages ; 4⁰
Place of Publication:
London : Printed by J. Cluer in Bow-Church-Yard; and sold by the author at his house the lower-end of Grays-Inn-Lane, Holborn; and at Mr. Walpool's, mathematick instrument-maker in the minories, 1715.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Notes:
A mathematician = John French.
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 Cambridge University Library.
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T197614.
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