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Riders (1704.) British Merlin: Bedeckt with many Delightful Varieties, and Useful Verities, Fitting the Longitude and Latitude of all Capacities within the Islands of Great-Britain's Monarchy. And Chronological Observations of Principal Note to this Year 1704. Being bissextile, or Leap-Year. With Notes of Husbandry, Physick, Fairs, and Marts: And Directions and tables to all necessary Uses. Made and Compiled for his Country's Benefit, by Cardanus Riders.
Rider, Cardanus.Date: 1704- Books
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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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The theory and construction of Hadley's quadrant demonstrated: and also all the necessary directions given for adjusting the glasses, And using it for taking the Altitude of the Sun, Moon, and Stars, for Finding the Latitude at Sea. Illustrated by copper plate figures. To which is Added, Correct Tables of the Sun's Declination, with a Table of the Variation of the Sun's Declination In different Longitudes, a Table of Refraction, &c. &c.
Wright, Gabriel.Date: [1785?]- Books
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The British mariner's assistant: containing forty tables, adapted to the several purposes of trigonometry and navigation. To which are prefixed, an essay on logarithms, and navigation epitomized; Containing Rules for solving the most necessary Problems, with the Method of finding the Latitude at Sea, by Observations taken either before or after Noon, &c. &c. By Benjamin Donn. Master of the Academy at Kingston, near Taunton, Somersetshire, and Author of the Mathematical Essays, The Accountant, The Geometrician, &c.
Donne, Benjamin, 1729-1798.Date: M.DCC.LXXIV. [1774]- Books
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An astronomical diary: or almanack, for the year of Christian aera 1799. ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston in America. Latitude 42 degrees, 23 minutes north. Longitude 70 deg. 37 min. 15 sec. west from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, in the kingdom of Great Britain; and 72 deg. 57 min. 15 sec. west of the Republican Observatory at Paris, in France. But will serve for any of the adjacent states. By Nathanael Low. [Six lines of verse]
Low, Nathanael, 1740-1808.Date: [1798]- Books
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An astronomical diary: or almanack, for the year of Christian aera 1798. ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston in America. Latitude 42 degrees, 23 minutes north. Longitude 70 deg. 37 min. 15 sec. west from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, in the kingdom of Great Britain; and 72 deg. 57 min. 15 sec. west of the Republican Observatory at Paris, in France. But will serve for any of the adjacent states. By Nathanael Low. Copy right secured. [Six lines from Pope]
Low, Nathanael, 1740-1808.Date: [1797]- Books
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A synopsis of the planisphere of the earth, and of the map of Europe, in which the situation and extent of the primary divisions of the globe, and the empires, kingdoms, States, and Republicks of Europe, with their Number, Boundaries, Extent, Degrees of Latitude, &c. in the aggregate and separately, are obtained by inspection; together with the description and use of the globes. Intended, by the author, as a useful appendix to her introduction to geography and astronomy. By Eliza Thomson, (late Cumyns,) of Brompton.
Thomson, Eliza.Date: M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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A narrative of the loss of the Grosvenor East Indiaman, which was unfortunately wrecked upon the coast of Caffraria, Somewhere between the 27th and 32d Degrees of Southern Latitude, on the 4th of August, 1782, compiled from the examination of John Hynes, one of the unfortunate survivors. By Mr. George Carter, Historical Portrait Painter. Upon His Passage Outward Round To India Containing A Variety of Matter respecting the Sufferers, Never before made Public; with copper plate descriptive of the catastrophe, engraved from Mr. Carter's designs.
Carter, George, 1737-1794.Date: MDCCXCI. [1791]- Books
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The doctrine of plain and spherical trigonometry : with its application and use in the following parts of mathematics; viz. I. Navigation in all its kinds; as Plain Sailing, Mercator's Sailing, Middle Latitude, and Parallel Sailing. II. Astronomy; wherein all the Problems relating to the Doctrine of the Sphere are solved. III. Projection of the Sphere in Plano. IV. Geography. V. Fortification. VI. Mensuration of Heights and Distances, both accessible and inaccessible. Vii. Dialling, Arithmetical and Instrumental, on all Sorts of Planes. By William Hawney, Author of The Compleat Measurer.
Hawney, William, active 1710-1750.Date: MDCCL. [1750]- Books
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The elements of navigation; containing the theory and practice. With the necessary tables, And Compendiums for finding The Latitude and Longitude at Sea. To which is added, A treatise of marine fortification. Composed for the Use of The Royal Mathematical School at Christ's Hospital, The Royal Academy at Portsmouth, And the Gentlemen of the Navy. In Two Volumes. By J. Robertson, Late Librarian to the Royal Society, and formerly Head-Master of the Royal Academy, at Portsmouth. The Fourth Edition, with Additions. Carefully revised and corrected by William Wales, Master of the Royal Mathematical School, Christ's Hospital, London.
Robertson, J. (John), 1712-1776.Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]- Books
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The elements of navigation; containing the theory and practice. With the necessary tables, And Compendiums for finding The Latitude and Longitude at Sea. To which is added, A treatise of marine fortification. Composed for the Use of The Royal Mathematical School at Christ's Hospital, The Royal Academy at Portsmouth, And the Gentlemen of the Navy. In two volumes. ... . By J. Robertson, Late Librarian to the Royal Society, and formerly Head-Master of the Royal Academy, at Portsmouth. The sixth edition, with additions. Carefully revised and corrected by Willia m Wales, Master of the Royal Mathematical School, Christ's Hospital, London.
Robertson, J. (John), 1712-1776.Date: M.DCC.XCVI. [1796]- Books
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The riches of the gospel grace opened, in twelve discourses on the following interesting subjects of the new testament; The Word of God in its Truth and Efficacy. The Word of God in its extensive Latitude. Christ the great High Priest. Christ all in all. Repentance and Remission of Sins. Regeneration; or, being born of God. Justification by Faith. Evangelical Sanctification. The Baptism of the Holy Ghost. The Spirit's Testimony of the Son. The Father's Glory opened by the Son. The Son of God on the Throne of Judgment. ... . By John Johnson, Minister of the Gospel in Liverpool.
Johnson, John, 1706-1791.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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Navigation new modell'd: or, a treatise of geometrical trigonometrical arithmetical instrumental and practical navigation. Teaching, How to keep a Reckoning, both in Latitude and Longitude, without Tables or Instruments, by a New Method never yet published: Illustrated with Practical Examples of keeping a Journal, and correcting it by an Observation; with a new Way of Finding the Variation, and Time of High-Water at any known Port. Together with All Necessary Tables, and the Projection of the Sphere Orthographick and Stereographick, Also Current Sailing, with other Pleasant Questions, and how to correct the Longitude by a Solar Observation. The second edition, with the addition of spherical trigonometry, and astronomy. By Henry Wilson, Author of the London Accomptant, Trigonometry Improv'd, and other Mathematical Treatises.
Wilson, Henry, 1673-1741.Date: MDCCXXIII. [1723]- Books
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A treatise on ship-building and navigation. In three parts wherein the theory, practice, and application of the necessary instruments are perspicuously handled. With The Construction and Use of a new invented Shipwright's Sector, for readily laying down and delineating Ships, whether of similar or dissimilar Forms. Also Tables of the Sun's Declination, of Meridional Parts, of difference of Latitude and Departure, of Logarithms, and of artificial Sines, Tangents and Secants. By Mungo Murray. Shipwright, in his Majesty's Yard, Deptford. To which is added by way of appendix, and English abridgment of another treatise on naval architecture, lately published at Paris by M. Duhamel, Mem. of the R. Acad. of Sciences, Fellow of the Royal Society of London, and Surveyor General of the French Marine. The whole illustrated with eighteen Copper Plates.
Murray, Mungo, -1770.Date: M,DCC,LIV. [1754]- Books
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The description, use, and excellency of a new instrument, or sea quadrant, invented by Caleb Smith, for taking altitudes of the sun, moon, and stars, from the visible horizon (as well as any other Angular Distances at Land or Sea) without impediment or Interruption from the ship's motion; whereby the Latitude at Sea May be obtained with greater Certainty, and more frequently, than by Davis's or any other of the Common Instruments. Tried, approved, and recommended by Capt. Christopher Middleton, Capt. George Spurrel, Capt. Joseph Harrison, and several other able and experienced Navigators. To which is added, An Essay to make this Quadrant serviceable at Sea, as well as at Land, when there is no Horizon to be seen. As also The Usefulness of its Application to an Aximuth Compass of a New Contrivance for discovering the Variation of the Magnetic Needle, at Sea, without any Astronomical Calculation.
Smith, Caleb, active 1740.Date: [1740?]- Books
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The description and use of that most excellent invention, call'd the globular chart: Shewing its Agreeableness to the Globe, And the Natural and Easy Consequences thereof in the Practice of Navigation; with a specimen of a sea-chart in that projection; and trigonometrical calculations, to prove the Truth thereof, both in Course, Latitude, Longitude, Meridian Distance (or Departure) Distance in the Arch of a great Circle, and Distance in the Rumb, tho' so Extensive as to exceed 1200 Leagues; and all measur'd by a Scale of Equal Parts, which cannot be done upon any Projection but this only. To which is prefix'd an answer to Mr Haselden's letter to Dr. Halley, Proving by Mathematical Demonstration, that his Principal Argument is false by above Three in Five; the rest invalid, and the whole incoherent. With an appendix, containing an answer to Mr. Collier, and proving that these two Authors contradict themselves, and one another. By Henry Wilson, Late Mathematician in His Majesty's Navy, and Author of several Treatises, in Navigation, Astronomy, &c.
Wilson, Henry, 1673-1741.Date: 1722- Books
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The young astronomer's assistant, and countryman's daily companion; Containing the following Particulars: I. An Account of the Common Notes for finding the Moveable Feasts and Fasts appointed by the Church. II. Astronomy, giving a Description and Rules for calculating the chief Circles of the Sphere, of use to find Longitude and Latitude in Traveling, Navigation, and Dialing; also New Rules for finding the Sun's True Place and Entrance into the Four Quarters of the Year, with Tables thereof for seven Years. III. A New Kalendar for Seven Years, beginning with 1755, and continued to 1762, showing the Rising and Setting of the Sun and Moon; the Moon's Signs, Change, Full, and Quarters; Southing of fixed Stars at Midnight; Remarkable Times and Eclipses of both Luminaries; a Table of the Rising, Southing, and Setting of the Seven Stars; Tables of Terms, Tides, Interests, Weights, &c. and many other Things of daily Use. IV. Mensuration of Land, Timber, &c. Artificers Work, with their Prices, &c. The Whole interspersed with Rules for finding every Article, and adapted to the meanest Capacity. By William Hitchman, Shoemaker, of Poulton, near Cirencester.
Hitchman, William.Date: MDCCLV. [1755]- Books
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An almanack for the year of our Lord God, 1701. And from the Creation 5701. Calculated for them eridian of the Centre or Middle of England, whose Latitude is 54 deg. and therefore far more usefull for this kingdom in general, than any other extant. As also, for the whole kingdom of Ireland. By W. Turner, Gent. In this almanack are contained these particulars. 1. A description of England, and a general tide-table. 2. A chronology of memorable things. 3. The sun's rising, setting, lenth of the day & night, and his place in the ecliptick, and break of Day. 4. The change, full and quarters of the moon, with the time that every planet meets with the moon. 5. hoice rules for husbandry and gardening. 6. Presidents for making bills, bonds, wills, leases,&c. 7. Tables for interest of money, and for the purchasing of lands or leases of houses. 8. To measure and set out land.- 9. To gauge vessels- 10. To find the our of the day by the Sun. 11. The Sun's declination against every day in the Year.
Turner, W. (William), active 1687-1701.Date: 1701- Books
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The young geographer and astronomer's best companion. Containing, I. The Elements of Modern Geography, in which, besides many other useful Articles, the Latitude and Longitude of a great Variety of Places are given from the latest Observations. II. A comprehensive System of Ancient Geography, both sacred and profane, particularly adapted to the Illustration of the Classic Authors, and of the Historical Parts of the Bible. III. The Description and Use of the Celestial and Terrestrial Globes, in which particular Attention has been given to the regular Disposition, and most convenient Solution of a numerous Collection of Problems, which are succeeded by several ingenious and entertaining Paradoxes for the Exercise of the Learner. - Also the Principles of Dialling, as it is performed and illustrated by the Globes;-And the Construction, and Use of the different Kinds of Maps. IV. The Elements of Astronomy, in which, besides a large Account of the Solar System, and of the various Motions, Revolutions, &c. of the Planet and Comets, are given the Theory of the Four Seasons, the Harvest-Moons, Eclipses, Tides, and several other Phaenomena too numerous to be here mentioned. To this Part is added a copious Appendix, containing the Elements of Chronology, a Science very intimately connected with that of Astronomy. The Whole is illustrated with The Necessary Engravings. And, though principally intended for The Use Of AtSchools, May serve as a convenient Memorandum-Book for those Gentlemen and Ladies who have been already instructed in the Sciences above-mentioned. By E. Jones, Teacher of the Classics and Geography, at Bromley, in Kent.
Jones, Evan, active 1773.Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]- Books
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A treatise of navigation: containing, I. The theory of navigation demonstrated; wherein it is proved, that the Nature of the thing called Departure is quite different from that which the Writers upon this Subject took it to be: That Middle-Latitude Sailing is erroneous; and that the common Method of keeping Reckonings in Meridional Distance, is grossly false. II. Nautical problems: Of a single Course, Traverses; of computing the Bearings and Distances of Places. The Use of Mercator's Chart made easy, and a new Method for finding the Bearings of Places upon Charts, without the Confusion of Rhumb-Lines. Of Currents, and how to find them several Ways: Of turning to Windward in Currents, &c. III. Astronomical Problems: Improvements made in the common Sea-Quadrant. The Description of a new Fore-Staff, which is much more accurate and commodious than the common one. The Errors of the Nocturnal shewed and demonstrated. Tables of the Sun's Place, Declination, and Right Ascension. A Table of the most eminent Fixed Stars, contrived in such a manner, as to shew by Inspection, which is the properest Star for Observation, in all Places, and at all Times of the Year. IV. Practical Navigation: Improvements made in the common Sea-Compass. The Description of a new Azimuth-Compass, which is so contrived as to be kept from being disturbed by the Motion of the Ship. How to find the Lee-Way to a great Exactness, and a new and commodious Method of keeping a Sea-Journal. To which is prefixed, by way of Introduction, A succinct Treatise of Plain Trigonometry. By Joseph Harris, teacher of the mathematicks.
Harris, Joseph, 1704-1764.Date: M.DCC.XXX. [1730]- Books
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Remarks on the Revd. Dr. Powell's sermon in defence of subscriptions, preached before the University of Cambridge on the commencement Sunday, 1757. Wherein The Latitude said to be allowed to Subscribers to the Liturgy and Articles of the Church of England, is particularly considered. With A Dedication to the younger Students in both our Universities, who are designed for the Ministry of the Church.
Blackburne, Francis, 1705-1787.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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Rose 1701. A new almanack for the year from the nativity of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, 1701. Being the first from Bissextile or Leap-Year. And From the Creation of the World; 5650. Calculated for the Meridian of the Honourable City of London, whose Latitude is 51 Degrees 32 Minutes, and may serve for any other part of England. By George Rose, Mathem.
Rose, George (Mathematician)Date: 1701- Books
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Geography and navigation compleated; being a new theory and method whereby the true longitude of any place in the world may be found: Whether Differing in Longitude only, or both in Longitude and Latitude, from any Other Place in the Habitable World. By George Keith, M. A. Rector of Edburton in Sussex. Most Humbly Proposed to the Consideration of the First Present Parliament of Great Britain after the Happy Union.
Keith, George, 1639?-1716.Date: MDCCIX. [1709]- Books
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Ephemerides of the cœlestial motions for six years; beginning anno 1702, and ending anno 1707. Diligently calculated from scientia stellarum, and accommodated to the horizon of the honourable city of London, Whose Longitude Latitude is 240 20' 51 32 With an Introduction touching the Theory of the Sun and Planets: As also a Demonstration of the Height of our Atmosphere; and likewise Tables of Right and Oblique Ascensions in time, for the more exact and speedy Calculating of the Rising, Southing, and Setting of the Planets and Fixed Stars. By John Wing, mathemat.
Wing, John, 1643-1726.Date: 1702- Books
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The British mariner's assistant: containing forty tables, adapted to the several purposes of trigonometry and navigation. To which are prefixed an essay on logarithms, and navigation epitomized; Containing Rules for solving the most necessary Problems, with the Method of finding the Latitude at Sea, by Observations taken either before or after Noon. Also a more accurate Method of finding the Time of high Water than any other hitherto published, &c. Second edition with additions. By Benjamin Donne, Teacher of the Mathematics, and Lecturer in Experimental Philosophy, at Bristol.
Donne, Benjamin, 1729-1798.Date: M,DCC,LXXXV. [1785]