The seaman's tutor, explaining geometry, cosmography, and trigonometry : with requisite tables of longitude and latitude of sea-ports, traverse tables, tables of easting and westing, meridian miles, declinarions, amplitudes, refractions, use of the compass , kalendar, measure of the earth's globe, use of instruments and charts, difference of sailing, estimation of a ship's way by the log, and log-line, currents, etc. : compiled for the use of the mathematical school in Christ's hospital-London, His Majesty Charles II, his royal foundation / by Mr. P. Perkins ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perkins, P.

Contributor:

Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630.

Perkins, Eysum.

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Navigation--Early works to 1800.

Navigation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (6 unnumbered pages, 47 pages, 66 unnumbered pages, 112 unnumbered pages, 89 unnumbered pages, 49 unnumbered pages-260 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Obadiah Blageave ..., 1682.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

"Whereas Mr. P. P. ... deceased, left this tutor of navigation in great part done ... it is now finished by his brother Eysum Perkins." -- Dedication.

"Briggs logarithms": [66] pages.

"A table of artificial sines and tangents, for every degree and minute of the quadrant, fitted to the size of the logarithms. London, Printed for Robert Harford, 1679", 112 pages has special t.p.

Weights and measures with the tale of several goods. London, Printed by William Godbid for Robert Harford, 1677, has special t.p.

Reproduction of original in Trinity College Library, Dublin.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 471:9) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing P1559

Arber's Term cat. I 507

OCLC:

13489167

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.