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Record Nr.

UNISA996393353703316

Autore

Tapp John <fl. 1596-1615.>

Titolo

The sea-man's kalender: or, An ephemerides of the sun, moon, and certain of the most notable fixed stars [[electronic resource] ] : Also, rules for finding the prime, epact, moon's age, time of high-water, with tables for the same; and the courses, distances, and soundings of the coasts of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, &c. And a table of latitude and longitude, of the principal ports, head-lands, and islands in the world / / first calculated by John Tap: now rectified and enlarg'd with many additions. Viz. A new exact table of the north-star, and new tables of 65 of the principal fixed-stars, their coming upon the meridian every day ; with their right ascension and declination, &c. With a discovery of the long hidden secret of longitude, by Henry Bond, teacher of the mathematicks. And many other rules and tables added, very useful in the art of navigation. By Henry Philippes, philo nauticus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by A. Godbid and J. Playford for William Fisher at the Postern-gate near Tower-hill, T. Passenger, at the Three Bibles on London-bridge, R. Boulter, at the Turks-head, and R. Smith at the Bible in Cornhill, 1680

Descrizione fisica

[4], 184, [2] p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

BondHenry

PhillippesHenry <d. 1677?>

Soggetti

Nautical almanacs - England

Navigation - England

Longitude - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Publisher's advertisements on [2] p. at end.

Reproduction of original in: Queen's College (University of Oxford).

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0119