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The mariners new kalendar. : Containing the principles of arithmetick and 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 table for the same. Together with exact tables of the sun's place, declination, and right ascension. Of the right ascension and declination of the principal fixed stars. Of the latitude and longitude 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, forestaff and nocturnal. The problems of plain-sailing and astronomy, wrought by the logarithms and by Gunter's scale. A rutter for the coasts of England, Scotland, Ireland, France &c. And the soundings coming into the channel. With directions for sailing into some principal harbours / by Nathaniel Colson, student in mathematicks.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Colson, Nathaniel, active 1674.
- Series:
- Early English books online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ephemerides--Early works to 1800.
- Ephemerides.
- Nautical almanacs--Early works to 1800.
- Nautical almanacs.
- Navigation--Early works to 1800.
- Navigation.
- Mathematics--Early works to 1800.
- Mathematics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 unnumbered page, 152 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Large and very useful table of difference of latitude & departure
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by J.D. for Richard Mount at the antient [sic] shop at the Postern on Tower-Hill where you may have all sorts of mathematical and sea-books, 1697.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- "A large and very useful table of difference of latitude & departure ..." has separate t.p. with continuous pagination and register.
- Advertisement: "Mathematical and sea-books, printed for Richard Mount" --Leaf proceding t.p.
- Reproduction of original in: New York Public Library.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2951:29) s1999 miun s
- Cited in:
- Wing (2nd edition) C5421A
- OCLC:
- 489260500
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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