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A practical method, To Discover the Longitude at Sea, By a New Contrived Automaton. Freed from all the Various Effects of Air in different Climates, &c. And not Liable to Disorder by the Irregular Motion of a Ship. The whole Method Rendered Plain and Easie to be Understood by every Mariner. With an account of the author's new instrument for taking the latitude more accurately at sea, than hath hitherto been practised. Humbly Offer'd to the Consideration, and Use of the Publick. By John Ward. of Chester. Author of the Young Mathematicians Guide, &c.
Ward, John, active 1698-1709.Date: [1714]
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Epitome of the art of navigation; or, a short, easy and methodical way to become a compleat navigator: Containing, Practical Geometry, Plain and Spheric, Superficial and Solid; with its Uses in all Kinds of Mensuration. Trigonometry, Plain and Spheric, both Geometric, Instrumental, and Logarithmic; with its Uses in Navigation, viz. In Plain, Mercator's, and Great-Circle-Sailing, Geography. Astronomy, the Projection of the Sphere, &c. The Description and Use of the Plain Chart, Mercator's-Chart, both Globes, Hemispheres, and divers other Instruments. A New Form of keeping a Sea-Reckoning, or Account of a Ship's Way. A Traverse Table; A Table of Meridional Parts; a Table of 10,000 Logarithms, and Logarithmic Sines, Tangents and Secants, carefully Corrected. By James Atkinson, Senior. The whole revis'd, and corrected, with the utmost care, by William Mountaine, Teacher of the Mathematics.
Atkinson, James, active 1667-1715.Date: M,DCC,XLVII. [1747]
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An epitome of theoretical and practical navigation, containing a complete system of that art, greatly improved, (and widely different from the present laborious, and, in some respects, erroneous Method of Teaching) from self-evident Demonstration, founded on many Years Experience in the several Voyages made by the Author; more particularly, That to St. Helena, when appointed by the Royal Society, to observe the transit of Venus over the sun. This Work is arranged under the following Heads, in a more easy and accurate manner than any hitherto published, viz. Chronology; the Theory of Tides; magnetism, and the variation of the needle; Geography, with a large Table of the Latitude and Longitude of Places in Europe, Asia, Africa and America; together with the Times of High Water at the principal Places; Geometry; the construction of logarithms; plane trigonometry, with their Application to Navigation; The Method of making Sea Charts, finding the Latitude and Longitude of a Ship, and the Variation of the Compass: With a new table, shewing the Times of the Rising and Setting of the Sun, Moon and Stars; Also the Manner of finding the Lee-Way, the Set and Drift of Currents, and to Correct the Dead Reckoning, &c. All of which are exemplified in a journal from the Downs through the Channel, from the Lizard to Madeira, and from Teneriff to S.. Helena, with the Author's Remarks thereon; As also the Form of keeping a Journal, and of collecting, with the greatest Facility, the Particulars thereof. By Robt. Waddington, teacher of Mathematics, Late Mathematical Master of the Royal Academy at Portsmouth.
Waddington, Robert.Date: M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]
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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
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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]
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L'arte del navegar, in la qval si contengono le regole, dechiarationi, secreti, et auisi, alla bona nauegation necessarij / Composta per l'eccel. dottor m. Pietro da Medina, & tradotta de lingua spagnola in volgar italiano. À beneficio, & vtilità de ciascadun nauigante. [Woodcut].
Medina, Pedro de, 1493?-1567?Date: 1554
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A complete treatise of practical navigation demonstrated from it's first principles: with all the necessary tables. To which are added, the useful theorems of mensuration, Surveying, and Gauging; with their Application to Practice. By Archibald Patoun, Fellow of the Royal Society.
Patoun, Archibald, 1706-1775.Date: 1762
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Cursus mathematicus, Mathematical sciences : in nine books ... : with the description, construction, and use of geometrical and nautical instruments, and the doctrine of triangles applied to practice in mensurations of all kinds / by William Leybourn.
Leybourn, William, 1626-1716Date: 1690
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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, ... With an appendix, touching currents, ... To which is added, a correct table of logarithms, ... By Henry Wilson, ...
Wilson, Henry, 1673-1741.Date: 1715
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A narrative of the proceedings relative to the discovery of the longitude at sea; by Mr. John Harrison's time-keeper; subsequent to those published in the year 1763.
Harrison, John, 1693-1776.Date: MDCCLXV. [1765]
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The whole art of navigation: Containing, the application of geometry and astronomy to the practice of plain and mercator's sailing; both performed either with, or without the logarithms. The description and use, at large, of the most necessary instruments for observations at sea the explanation of sea-terms, in an alphabetical order. The method of finding the variation of the compass by the sun's azimuth and amplitude; as also keeping a sea-journal, and the several ways of correcting the dead-reckoning, &c. with the most useful tables in navigation. The whole delivered in a very easy and familiar stile, by way of dialogue between a tutor and his scholar. The third edition, corrected. By Captain Daniel New-House.
Newhouse, Daniel.Date: 1708
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The elements of navigation; containing the theory and practice. With all the necessary tables. To which is added, A treatise of marine fortification. ... In two volumes. By J. Robertson, ...
Robertson, J. (John), 1712-1776.Date: 1754
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The vvhole art of navigation in five books ... / by Captain Daniel New-House.
Newhouse, DanielDate: 1685
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A treatise on the theory and practice of seamanship: containing general rules for manœuvring vessels, with a moveable figure of a ship, So planned that the Sails, Rudder, and Hull may be made to perform the Manoeuvres according to the Rule laid down. To the above is added A Miscellaneous Chapter on the various Contrivances against Accidents, and a system of naval signals, The whole forming A useful Compendium to the Officer, to Instruct him when Young, and to Remind him when Old. the second edition, corrected and enlarged. By Richard Hall Gower, in the service of the Honourable East India Company.
Gower, R. H. (Richard Hall), 1767-1833.Date: 1796
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A complete treatise of practical navigation demonstrated from it's first principles: together with all the necessary tables. To which are added, the useful theorems of mensuration, surveying, and gauging ; with their Application to Practice. Written for the Use of the Academy in Tower-Street. By Archibald Patoun, Fellow of the Royal Society.
Patoun, Archibald, 1706-1775.Date: 1739
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The British mariner's guide. Containing, complete and easy instructions for the discovery of the longitude at sea and land, within a Degree, by Observations of the Distance of the Moon from the Sun and Stars, taken with Hadley's Quadrant. To which are added, An Appendix, containing a Variety of interesting Rules and Directions, tending to the Improvement of Practical Navigation in general. And a Sett of correct Astronomical tables. By Nevil Maskelyne, A. M. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and of the Royal Society.
Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811.Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]
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The extensive advantages of navigation: a sermon, preached in the parish-church of St. Nicholas, in Deptford, on Monday the first of June, 1795. ... By the Rev. Samuel Glasse, ...
Glasse, Samuel, 1735-1812.Date: 1795]
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A further illustration of Messrs. Grundy's Scheme, for restoring and making perfect, the navigation of the River Witham, from Boston to Lincoln; and also for draining the low lands and fens contiguous thereto. Mr. Coppin's Scheme is here answer'd, by such stated facts, as demonstrate the said scheme to be drawn from false data, and wrong principles; contrary to experience, and the practice of the most noted drainers in the two last centuries, and opposite to the three great laws of nature. Publish'd for the use of such nobleman, gentlemen, merchants, and others, whose interest is herein concern'd. By John Grundy, agent and engineer to the honourable adventurers of deeping fens.
Grundy, John, sen.Date: 1745
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Extracts from the books of the Mayor and Aldermen of Hertford; together with copies of papers in their custody, relating to the navigation on the River Lea, between Hertford and Ware.
Hertford (England)Date: Printed in the Year 1734
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Navigation new modelled: or, a treatise of geometrical, trigonometrical, arithmetical, instrumental, and practical navigation. Teaching how to keep a reckoning, both in latitude and longitude, ... Together with all necessary tables, ... The sixth edition, with the addition of spherical trigonometry, and astronomy. By Henry Wilson.
Wilson, Henry, 1673-1741.Date: 1750
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An Act for the making and keeping navigable the rivers of Aire and Calder, in the county of York.
England and Wales.Date: 1774
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A bill for making the river Weaver navigable, from Frodsham-Bridge to Northwich, in the county of Chester.
Great Britain. Parliament.Date: 1720]
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A complete treatise of practical navigation demonstrated from it's [sic] first principles: with all the necessary tables. To which are added, the useful theorems of mensuration, ... By Archibald Patoun, ...
Patoun, Archibald, 1706-1775.Date: 1759
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General introduction to a collection of plans of ports, &c. in the Indian navigation. Published by A Dalrymple.
Dalrymple, Alexander, 1737-1808.Date: 1783]
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An introduction to latitude without meridan altitudes; and longitude, at sea; having cotemporary [sic] observations: ... and nautical formulas, engraved on copper plates. By Samuel Dunn; ...
Dunn, Samuel, -1794.Date: 1782