The description and use of the current logg : or, an instrument to try a current when a ship is under sail; by which The true Distance may be measured, and the Direction and Velocity of the Current at any Time found. To which is added, the use of Hadley's quadrant. for Taking of Angles and Heights in surveying of Land, Bays, Harbours, &c. or taking the Distances of Capes and Headlands when at Sea. By William Orcherton, M. A. A Teacher of Mathematics in the Royal Navy during the late War.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orcherton, William.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ships--Power supply--Early works to 1800.

Ships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2],ii,29,[3]p. ) ill. ;

Other Title:

Description and use of the current logg

Place of Publication:

London : printed for the author, and J. Millan opposite the Admiralty, MDCCLXIV. [1764]

Notes:

Pp.[19,20] are blank.

The final leaf contains 'Directions to sailors, travellors, or collectors of rarities'.

Price from imprint: Price 1 s.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T112228.

OCLC:

642280711