A sailor's proposal for finding his longitude by the moon. Offering at an easy and practical way of performing it now, by the moon's visible apparent equinoctial distance. The whole Process being within the Power and Capacity of every Mariner who understands the Art of Navigation. With the Manner of making the Common Instruments fit for the Purpose: And also a Description of a New One, by which the Altitude may be taken more exactly, with Directions for correcting it.
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- 1726
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London : printed for J. Wilford, at the Three Flower-de-Luces in Little-Britain, 1726.
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40,14p. ; 80.
Edition
The second edition. To which is added an appendix, ..
References note
ESTC T47021
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.