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 ... : sundry useful tables in navigation, and a table of 10,000 logarithms, and of the logarithm-sines, tangents, and secants / by John Seller.

  • Seller, John, active 1658-1698.
Date:
1694
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: 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 ... : sundry useful tables in navigation, and a table of 10,000 logarithms, and of the logarithm-sines, tangents, and secants / by John Seller. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    B , w i ry Us eM } Zz Se t~ y 4 a x zy, sa : ea ef” + f & d To all Commanpers of ships, and all other Officers and Mariners of our Englifh Nation. GENTLEMEN, BS HE kind: Acceptance of this Treatife among# you, hath encouraged the Continuation thereof unto the Seventh Impreffion ; tt. having had the Countenance and Affiftance of an able Mathematician, in feveral Impreffions, to render st the more. tompleat and*ufeful : finding a general Approbation of all that are exercifed in Nau- tical Affairs.» In this Edition there hath been a Correction of feveral Errors, that have e{caped in the former lsnpreffions ; and feveral Tables removed forward, $) at were expireds So hoping for as-good Succe{s in this, asim the former Im= preffions, I commend it to. the candid Cenfure of the fudicions, . and reft Yours to ferve you, Hlermitage in Wap- ee JOHN SELLER, A’ 2° On H'ISTORIOAL, MEDIGAL San se