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Practical navigation; or an introduction, to the whole art, Containing The Doctrine of Plain and Spherical Triangles. Plain, Mercator, Great Circle Sailing; and Astronomical Problems. The Use of divers Instruments; as also of the Plain Chart, Mercator's Chart, and both Globes. Sundry Useful Tables in Navigation: And a Table of 10000 Logarithms, and of the Logarithm Sines, Tangents, and Secants. All carefully Corrected. By John Seller, Hydrographer to the King.
Seller, John, active 1658-1698.Date: MDCCXIV. [1714] [1717]- Books
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A chorographical description of the fifty-two counties of England and Wales, placed alphabetically, Designed For the Use of Noblemen, Gentlemen, Merchants, Travellers, Traders, and all other Curious Persons. Humbly Inscribed to His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, By J. Samuel Charrier, Teacher of the French Language, Geography, the Use of the Globes, Application of Astronomy to Chronology, Theory of Tides, and to find the Hours of their Ebbing and Flowing in all the Chief Parts of Europe.
Charrier, J. Samuel.Date: [1772]- Books
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Synopsis mathematica universalis: or the universal mathematical synopsis, translated from the third and last edition of John James Heinlin, Prelate of Bebenhusan. Containing Variety of useful Practices in Arithmetick, Geometry, Trigonometry, Astronomy, Dialling, Chronology, Geography, the Optics, Catoptrics, Dioptrics, the Statics; Together with Astronomical and Geographical Tables, with their Uses, and also the use of the Globes. The whole illustrated with several Mathematical Sculptures on Copper Plates. Corrected and enlarged with many additions. By Venterus Mandey, Philomat.
Hainlin, Johann Jacob, 1588-1660.Date: [1702]- Books
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A new geographical grammar, and complete gazetteer; upon an Improved, Enlarged, and Scientific Plan. Wherein Those Parts of Astronomy which are connected with Geography, the Use of both Globes, and The Nature, Use, and Construction of Maps, are minutely explained; and the Continents of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, with their Islands, including all the valuable Discoveries made in the most remarkable Voyages and Travels through both Hemispheres, copiously described: Together with the Rise, Progress, and Present State of all the Empires, Kingdoms, and States in the known World; with respect to Situation, Extent, Climate, Soil, Produce, Government, Power, Opulence, Trade, Manufactures, Genius, Language, Manners, Customs, Religions, &c. Embellished and Illustrated with A New Set of Maps and other Engravings accommadated to this Work. To which are added, the elements of chronology. and A Copious List of remarkable Events, with their Dates, from the earliest Account of Time to the Present. By William Gordon, of the Mercantile Academy, and Author of the Universal Accountant, &c. &c. &c.
Gordon, William, active 1763-1809.Date: 1789- Books
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The young man's companion: or, arithmetick made easie; with Plain Directions for a Young Man to attain to Read and Write True English; and Short-Hand. Very easie Rules for Measuring and Plotting of Land, Measuring of Globes, Bullets, Walls, Timber, Stone, Boards, Glass, &c. whether Superficie, or Solids, both by Arithmetick and Gunter's Line: With very easie Rules to compute the Charge of Building Houses, or any part of them. Also the Use of Gunter's Quadrant. With the Art of Dialing, and Colouring Work. Choice Monthly Observations for Gardening, Planting, Pruning, and Grafting of Fruit-Trees. With some useful Directions for Angling. Also Instructions for Inditing of Letters, upon several occasions: How to make Latin Bonds: With Useful Forms of the Law: And Copies sufficient for Writing-Schools. Also a Table of the Great Towns in England; Also what Shire each is in, and their distance in Miles from London. Medicines easily prepar'd for Man and Beasts. Making English Wine. Titles of Honour: Together with the Duties of Christians, that their Joy may be on Earth, as well as in Heaven. With many other Things to incline Youth to Vertue. And a Table to find the material Things in this Book. written by W. Mather, in a plain and easie Stile, that a Young Man may attain the same without a Tutor.
Mather, W. (William), active 1695.Date: 1710- Books
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A compendious system of natural philosophy, with notes containing the mathematical demonstrations, and some occasional remarks. Part IV. Continued. Containing the Description of the Orrery and Globes, The Principles of Chronology; Together with the Physical Cause of the Motion of the Heavenly Bodies. By J. Rowning, M. A. Rector of Anderby in Lincolnshire, and late Fellow of Magdalen College in Cambridge.
Rowning, J. (John), 1701?-1771.Date: [1743]- Books
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The youth's general introduction to geography. Containing a description of the several empires, kingdoms, and states in the world, accompanied with twenty-eight maps on a new plan, comprising a complete pocket atlas: To which are Prefixed Elementary Chronology and Astronomy: The use of the Globes and Maps. Illustrated by a Variety of Examples. The whole Adapted to the Capacity of Youth. By Wm. Perks, Pimlico.
Perks, William.Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]- Books
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Artificial fire-works, improved to the modern practice, from the minutest to the highest branches; Containing Aigrettes Amber-Lights Balloons Batteries Chinese Fire-Ships Cohorns Cones Crackers Cascades Dodecadrons Ducks Earthquakes Flights Flyers Fountains Gerbes Globes Gold-Rain Grand Volutes Leaders Lights Mines Matches Mortars Marrons Moons Neptune's Chariot Potts Pumps Rain-Fall Rockets Sea-Fights Silver-Rain Spur-Fire Squibs Stars Sky-Rockets Swans Swarms Thunder in Rooms Towering-Rockets, double and single Tourbillons Trees Water Fire-Works Wheels Yew-Trees With all their Ingredients, Compositions, Preparations, Machines, Moulds, and Manner to make them, refining Salt-Petre, and to extract it from damaged Gunpowder, &c. With about 100 of the principal Figures beautifully engraved on Copper Plates. The second edition, With the Addition of many new and beautiful Fire-Works, and 3 large Copper-Plates. By Robert Jones, Lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Jones, Robert, Captain.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]- Books
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The modern universal gazetteer; or, a general view of the several nations of the world. Absolutely Necessary for rendering the Public News, and other Historical Occurrences, intelligible and entertaining. Containing, I. An Introduction to Geography, with directions for the use of the Terrestrial Globes. II. The situation and extent of all the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, and chief towns in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. Also a description of the most considerable seas, lakes, rivers, and mountains, all ranged in alphabetical order. III. The produce, manufactures, trade, constitution, forces, revenues, and religion of the several countries. IV. The genealogies and families of the emperors, kings, and princes now reigning. V. A chronological table of all the remarkable events and inventions, from the creation to this date. By Mr. Salmon. With large additions and improvements, brought down to the present time. Embellished with a new set of Maps.
Salmon, Thomas, 1679-1767.Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Books
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Artificial fireworks, improved to the modern practice, from the minutest to the highest branches; Containing Aigrettes Amber-Lights Balloons Batteries Chinese Fire-Ships Cohorns Cones Crackers Cascades Dodecaedrons Ducks Earthquakes Flights Flyers Fountains Gerbes Globes Gold-Rain Grand Volutes Leaders Lights Mines Matches Mortars Marrons Moons Neptune's Chariot Pots Pumps Rain-Falls Rockets Sea-Fights Silver-Rain Spur-Fire Squibs Stars Sky-Rockets Swans Swarms Thunder in Rooms Towering-Rockets, double and single Tourbillons Trees Water Fire-Works Wheels Yew-Trees, &c. With all their Ingredients, Compositions, Preparations, Machines, Moulds, and Manner to make them, refining Salt-Petre, and to extract it from damaged Gun-Powder, &c. With about 100 of the principal Figures beautifully engraved on Copper Plates. The second edition, corrected. With the Addition of many new and beautiful Fire-Works, and three large Copper Plates. By Captain Jones. Also, Mr. Muller's Fireworks, For Sea and Land Service, His Tables for Sea and Land Cannon, which may save above 100,000?. a Year, by diminishing the Weight of the Guns, the Labour of Men, the Quantity of Powder in charging, from 1-half to 1-3d, 1-4th, and even to 1-5th.
Jones, Robert, Captain.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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A new historical and commercial system of geography: containing a comprehensive history and description of the present state of all the Kingdoms of the world: Including The Most Recent Discoveries Of The Latest Voyagers And Travellers. The Whole Forming A Complete Guide To Geography, Astronomy, The Use Of The Globes, Maps, &c. To which are added, a new and copious geographical index, With The Names And Places Alphabetically Arranged: and a genealogical table of all the sovereigns of the world. The Whole Compiled From The Best Authorities, And embellished with maps, and superb engravings.
Date: 1800- Books
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A short account of a course of natural and experimental philosophy. In which will be exhibited the experiments necessary for the exploration of natural philosophy in general, or the Properties of Matter, and the Law by which it acts. Mechanics. Astronomy; or the Phoenomena arising from the Motion of the heavenly Bodies. Geography, and the Use of the Globes, &c. Hydrostatics; or the Nature and Laws of Fluids explained. Pneumatics, explaining the surprising Properties of the Air, which depend upon its Pressure and Elasticity, its Rarefaction, Condensation, &c. Optics; or the Science of Vision. By J. Arden, Teacher of Experimental Philosophy, at Beverly. The Charge of going through this course is One Guinea each, to be paid at the Time of Subscribing, or at the First Lecture; and to begin as soon as Thirty or more have subscribed.
Arden, J. (James), -approximately 1773.Date: 1772- Books
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A short account of a course of natural and experimental philosophy. In which will be exhibted [sic] the experiments necessary for the explanation of natural philosophy in general, or the Properties of matter and the Laws by which it acts. Mechanics. Astronomy; or the Phaenomena arising from the Motion of the heavenly Bodies. Geography, and the Use of the Globes, &c. Optics; or the Science of Vision. Hydrostatics; or the Nature and Laws of Fluids explained. Pneumatics; explaining the surprising Properties of the Air, which depend upon its Pressure and Elasticity, its Rarefaction, Condensation, &c. Pneumatic-Chemistry, &c. &c. By J. Arden, teacher of experimental Philosophy at Beverley. The Charge of going thro' this course is One Guinea each, to be paid at the Time of subscribing, or at the first Lecture, and to begin as soon as Thirty, or more, have subscribed.
Arden, James, approximately 1739-1817.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789]- 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 tutor to astronomy and geography. Or, An easie and speedy way to know the use of both the globes, cœlestial and terrestial : In six books. The 1. Teaching the rudiments of astronomy and geography, 2.3.4.5.6. Shewing by the globes the solution of astronomical and geographical problems, problems in navigation, astrological problems, gnomonical problems, trigonometrical problems, more fully and amply than hath been set forth, either by Gemna Frisius, Metius, Hues, Wright, Blaew, or any others that have taught the use of the globes: aud [sic] that so plainly and methodically, that the meanest capacity may at first reading apprehend it, and with a little practice grow expert in these divine sciences. With an appendix shewing the use of the Ptolomaick sphere. By Joseph Moxon. Whereunto is added the antient poetical stories of the stars; shewing reasons why the several shapes and forms are pictured on the cœlestical globe. As also a discourse of the antiquity, progress and augmentation of astronomy.
Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691Date: [1699]- Books
The study and conservation of globes / by A.D. Baynes-Cope.
Baynes-Cope, A. D.Date: 1985- Books
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The use of the globes: containing, an introduction to astronomy and geography; a description of globes and maps; and a variety of problems performed by the globes, and by calculation; with a Numerous set of Suitable Examples. By John Bransby.
Bransby, John.Date: M,DCC,XCI. [1791]- Books
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The use of the globes, containing definitions, and propositions, geographical and astronomical.
Date: in the Year M,DCC,LIII. [1753]- Books
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The description and use of the globes, and the orrery. To which is prefixed, by way of introduction, a brief account of the solar system. By J. Harris.
Harris, Joseph, 1704-1764.Date: M.DCC.XXXI. [1731]- Books
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The description and use of the globes, and the orrery. To which is prefixed, By way of Introduction, a brief account of the solar system. By Joseph Harris.
Harris, Joseph, 1704-1764.Date: M.DCC.XXXII. [1732]- Books
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The description and use of the globes, and the orrery. To which is prefixed, by way of introduction, a brief account of the solar system. By Joseph Harris, Teacher of the Mathematicks.
Harris, Joseph, 1704-1764.Date: M.DCC.XXXIV. [1734]- Books
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A treatise of the description and use of the globes.
Date: [1705?]- Books
British globes up to 1850 : a provisional inventory / Richard Dunn and Helen Wallis.
Dunn, Richard, 1966-Date: [1999]- Books
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An introduction to the use of the globes: divided into short lessons; with questions for examination, annexed to each lesson.
Field, William, 1768-1851.Date: 1798- Pictures
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Anatomy of the principal parts of the human body. Engraving by J. Blanchin after J. Dumoulin, 1679.
Dumoulin, J., active approximately 1634.Date: 1679Reference: 647800i