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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 Tables for the same. Together with exact tables of the sun's place, declination, and 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, fore-staff, and nocturnal. The Problems of Plain-Sailing and Astronomy, wrought by the Logarithms, and by Gunter's Scale. A Tide Table. The Courses and Distances on the Coast of Great Britain, Ireland, France, &c. And the Soundings coming into the Channel. With Directions for sailing into some Principal Harbours. By Nathaniel Colson, Student in the Mathematicks[.]
Colson, Nathaniel, active 1674.Date: [1732]- Books
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Seamanship, both in theory and practice. Illustrated with engravings.
Steel, David.Date: M.DCC.XCV. [1795]- Books
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A discourse of navigation; containing several rules and instructions to be observed in the practice thereof: and shewing the use of two instruments, lately invented, for resolving all triangles and all problems, in sailing, without any operation by arithmetick.
Date: MDCCII. [1702]- Books
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Matters of fact, Relating to the navy, Truely stated.
Clarke, George, 1661-1736.Date: 1705- Books
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An address to the public, from the Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture. Instituted 14th April, 1791.
Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture.Date: 1791]