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Surprizing miracles of nature and art. In two parts. Containing, I. Miracles of Nature; or the Strange Signs and Prodigious Appearances in the Heavens, Earth and Waters for many hundred Years past. With the most famous Comets and Prodigies since the Birth of our Saviour, and the Effects of many of them: As also a particular Description of the 5 blazing Stars seen in Englan?, in 1664, 1665, 1680, 1682. and other unaccountable Accidents and Productions. II. Miracles of Art, Describing the most Magnificent Buildings, and Cuious Inventions in all Ages, as Solomon's Temple, The Seven Wonders of the World, and other famous Structures and Rarities. Beautified with Pictures. By R. B.
Crouch, Nathaniel, 1632?-1725?Date: 1708- Books
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A system of the mathematics, containing the Euclidean geometry, plane and spherical trigonometry; the projection of the sphere, both orthographic and stereographic, astronomy, the Use of the Globes and Navigation: The Manner of Computing the Appulses of the Moon to the Fixed Stars, and their Occultations by the Interposition of Her Body, very useful for determining the Difference of Longitude between Places. With an Account of the several Methods Proposed and made Use of, by the most celebrated Astronomers for ascertaining the same. New Solar Tables, with their Construction and Use. Tables of the Sun's Place, Right Ascension, Declination, Equation of Natural Days for every Four Years; with Tables of Variation to make them serve for a Hundred Years to come; and a Catalogue of the Right-Ascensions, Declinations, &c. of the most Eminent Fixed Stars: Deduced from the Flamstedian Observations. The Construction of the Meridional Parts, Logarithms, Sines, Tangents and Secants, both Natural and Artificial, by the Newtonian Series. With an Account of the Cycles, Periods, Epoch's, Epacts, Kalendars, &c. Also A Table of Meridional Parts for every Degree and Minute of Latitude to the Ten Thousandth Place in Decimals, calculated de Novo Together with a Large and very Useful Table of the Latitudes and Longitudes of Places; the whole being designed for the Use of the Mathematical School, founded by King Charles II. ... . By James Hodgson, Master of the Royal Mathematical School in Christ's Hospital, and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Hodgson, James, 1672-1755.Date: 1723- Books
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A treatise of comets, containing I. An explication of all the various appearances of the late comet, both in its own Trajectory and the Firmament of Fixt Stars, to its setting in the Sun-Beams: Illustrated with a Plan of the Earth's and Comet's Orbits. II. The history of comets from the earliest Account of those kinds of Planets, to the present Time; wherein the Sentiments of the Antient and Modern Philosophers are occasionally display'd. With Remarks on the Intentional End of Comets, and the Nature and Design of Saturn's Ring. III. The distance, velocity, size, solidity, and other properties of those bodies consider'd; and the wonderful Phaenomena of their Tails and Atmospheres accounted for. Illustrated also by a Copper-Plate. By George Smith.
Smith, George, 1700-1773.Date: MDCCXLIV. [1744]- Books
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The practical navigator, and seaman's new daily assistant. Being an epitome of navigation: including the different methods of working the lunar observations. With Every Particular Requisite for Keeping a Complete Journal at Sea. Likewise The Methods of finding the Latitude by two Altitudes of the Sun; by the Meridian Altitude of the Moon, the Planets, or fixed Stars; and to compute the Altitudes of the Sun, Moon, or Stars, without an Observation. The Manner of Mooring, Unmooring, and Working a Ship in all difficult Cases at Sea. With Directions for conducting her out of Dock, and into the principal Ports and Harbours in the British Channel. Which is The Substance of that Examination, every Candidate for a Commission in the Royal Navy, and Officer in the Honorable East-India Company's Service, must pass through, previous to their being appointed: This, with the Sea Terms, are particularly recommended to the Attention of all young Gentlemen designed for, or belonging to the Sea. To this edition are added, besides many important Improvements, the requisite tables used with the nautical almanac in Determining the Longitude at Sea. The different Methods are exemplified and rendered easy to any common Capacity. Also, a new table, the largest and most correct hitherto published, of the latitudes and longitudes of the principal ports and Headlands in the known World; and all the other Tables useful at Sea. Revised and corrected with such Care that they may be depended on. By John Hamilton Moore, Teacher of Navigation, Hydrographer and Chart-Seller to his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence.
Moore, John Hamilton, -1807.Date: [1791]- 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 and Declination. Which Tables of Sun-Dials, Semidiurnal Arches and Amplitudes are calculated from the Equator to 60 Degrees of Latitude, either North or South. With A Description of the most useful Instruments in Practice in the Art of Navigation. Also, A Table of the Latitude and Longitude of Places. By Andrew Wakely, Mathematician. Enlarged with many useful additions, by J. Atkinson. The whole revised, corrected, improved and enlarged, with new tables and examples, by John Adams, Teacher of the Mathematics, And Author of the Young Sea Officer's Assistant.
Wakely, Andrew.Date: 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- 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 Latitudes and Longitudes 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: 1766- 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 [sic], 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: 1757- 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 Wakely, 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 W. Mountaine, F.R.S.
Wakely, Andrew.Date: 1753- 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: 1758- 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 Wakely, 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: 1754- Books
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Katoptron ouranion: or, an almanack for the Year of our Lord God 1703. Being Third after the Bissextile or Leap-Year And from the World's Creation, 5652. Wherein is contained the Conjunctions of the Planets and Fixed Stars with the Moon. The Mutual Aspects of the Planets: Their Heliocentrick and Geocentrick Places once a Month. The Eclipses of the Luminaries. The Increase and Decrease of the Day. The Rising and Setting of the Sun. Also the Rising, Southing and Setting of the Moon. With other pleasant Observations, very requisite for men of all sorts. Calculated according to Art for the Meridian and Latitude of the Ancient and Renowed Borough-Town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, whose Latitude is 52 deg. 40 min. Fitting all the middle Counties of England; and without sensible Error the whole Kingdom. By Joseph Pepper, Teacher of the Mathematicks & Writing in Stamford.
Pepper, Joseph, -1740.Date: [1703]- 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 Practice in the Art of Navigation. Also A Table of Latitudes and Longitudes of Places. By Andrew Wakely, 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 N.S. By W. Mountaine, Mathematical Examiner to the Hon. Corporation of Trinity-House of Deptford Strond, and F.R.S
Wakely, Andrew.Date: 1779- Books
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A dialogue between Doctor Cunningham and Sir Charles Freeman, Bart. Concerning Mr. Kennicott's method of correcting the printed Hebrew text.
Cunningham, Doctor.Date: M.DCC.LX. [1760]- Books
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An abstract from the works of John Hutchinson, Esq; being a summary of his discoveries in philosophy and divinity.
Hutchinson, John, 1674-1737.Date: M.DCC.LV. [1755]- Books
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An Earnest persuasive and exhortation to the Jews, occasioned by the late act of Parliament in their favour.
Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]- Books
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A method for preventing the frequency of robberies and murders. Proposed in a discourse, delivered at St. George's Hanover-Square, at St. Dunstan's in the West, and at several other places in London. By William Romaine, Lecturer of St. Dunstan's in the West.
Romaine, William, 1714-1795.Date: 1754- Books
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The stars in their courses / by Sir James Jeans.
Jeans, James, 1877-1946.Date: 1939- Books
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Christ mystical: or, the blessed union of Christ and his members. Also, the Christian laid forth in his whole disposition and carriage. By Jos. Hall, D.D. and B.N.
Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.Date: MDCCLV. [1755]- Books
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The scripture meaning of Aleim and Berith, justified against the exceptions of Dr. Sharp in his two dissertations concerning Elohim and Berith. By Julius Bate, M.A.
Bate, Julius, 1711-1771.Date: 1751- Books
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An essay upon faith, by way of conference; collected out of the works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Peter Gunning, late Lord Bishop of Ely. And several others of the most eminent divines of the Church of England; For Comforting the Weak in Faith.
Gunning, Peter, 1614-1684.Date: 1714- Books
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Strictures on the commentary and conference of the Reverend Mr. Dodd, Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty: with reflections on the Reverend Mr. Heathcote's Use of Reason. By Mr. Antininny T.
Antininny T.Date: M.DCC.LXV. [1765]- Books
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The tryal of William Turton, Esq; for the murder of John Holloway, at the assizes held at Oxford, on Thursday, the seventeenth day of July, 1755. before the Honble. Sir Michael Foster, One of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench. Being An Exact and Impartial Account of the Evidence given on either Side. Taken down by a gentleman, as deposed in court.
Turton, William, Esq., of Oxfordshire.Date: 1755- Books
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Articles of visitation and enquiry concerning matters ecclesiastical; Exhibited to the minister, Church-wardens, and side-man, of every parish within the Deanery of Bocking, To be answered unto at the primary visitation of the most Reverend Father in God Thomas by divine Providence Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, His Grace; primate of all England, and metropolitan. To be held at Bocking on Thursday the 27th day of April, 1704.
Church of England. Deanery of Bocking.Date: 1704- Books
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Polygraphice: or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, guilding, colouring, dying, beautifying, and perfuming : In four books. Exemplified in the drawing of men, women, landskips, countries, and figures of various forms; the way of engraving, etching, and limning, with all their requisites and ornaments; the depicting of the most eminent pieces of antiquities; the paintings of the ancients; washing of maps, globes, or pictures; the dying of cloth, silk, horns, bones, wood, glass, stones, and metals; the varnishing, colouring, and guilding thereof, according to any purpose or intent; the painting, colouring, and beautifying of the face, skin, and hair; the whole doctrine of perfumes, together with the original, advancement, and perfection of the art of painting; the like never published till now ; To which is added, a discourse of perspective and chiromancy.
Salmon, William, 1644-1713Date: 1680