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The mariners compass rectified: containing tables, shewing the true hour of the day, the Sun being upon any Point of the Compass: The Time of the Rising and Setting of the Sun and Stars, and the Points of the Compass that the Sun and Stars rise and set with: And Tables of Amplitude: with a table of the latitude and longitude of places. Calculated from the Equinoctial, to 60 deg. of Latitude, &c. Also a description and use of those instruments most in use in the art of navigation. By Andrew Wakely, Math. Carefully corrected, and very much enlarged, with many useful additions. By Ja. Atkinson, Teacher of the Mathematicks.
Wakely, Andrew.Date: 1716- Books
An account of the cause of the change of the variation of the magnetical needle, with an hypothesis of the structure of the internal parts of the earth, as it was proposed to the Royal Society in one of their late meetings / By Edmund Halley.
Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742.Date: 1708- Books
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The mariner's compass rectified: Containing tables, shewing the true hour of the day, the sun being upon and point of the compass: with the true time of the rising and setting of the sun and stars, and the points of the compass upon which they rise and set: with tables of amplitudes. Which tables of sun-dials, semidiurnal arches, and amplitudes are calculated from the equater to 60 degrees of latitude, either North or South. With the description and use of those instruments most in use in the art of navigation. Also a table of the latitudes and longitudes of places. By Andrew Wakely, mathematician. Enlarged with many useful additions. The whole revised and carefully corrected, with accurate tables of the sun's declination, adjusted to the new stile. To this edition is added, the compleat boatswain. By Henry Bond.
Wakely, Andrew.Date: Printed in the year MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]- Books
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The mariner's compass rectified. Containing tables, shewing the true hour of the day, the Sun being upon any Point of the Compass: With the true Time of the Rising and Setting of the Sun and Stars, and the Points of the Compass, upon which they Rise and Set: With Tables of Amplitudes. Which Tables of Sun-Dials, Semidiurnal-Arches, and Amplitudes are calculated from the Equator to 60 Degrees of Latitude, either North or South. With the Description and Use of those Instruments most in Use in the Art of Navigation. Also a Table of the Latitude and Longitude of Places. By Andrew Wakeley, Mathematician. Enlarged with many useful additions, by J. Atkinson. The whole revised, and carefully corrected, with Accurate Tables of the Sun's Declination, adjusted to the New-Stile. By William Mountaine, F.R.S.
Wakely, Andrew.Date: 1755
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Clocks: a universal sundial, with a compass. Engraving.
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