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Record Nr.

UNISA996394126103316

Autore

Norwood Richard <1590?-1675.>

Titolo

Norvvood's epitomy [[electronic resource] ] : being the application of the doctrine of triangles, in certain problems, concerning the use of the plain sea-charts, and mercator's-chart. Being the two most usual kinds of sailing. [Wi]th a table of artificial sines, tangents, and the complements arithmetical of sines supplying the use of secants. To radius 10,00000, and to every degree and minute of the quadrant. Also, chiliad, or the logarithms of absolute numbers, [fr]om a unte to 1000, with a table of the right-ascension and declination of the sun: and certain principal stars that are most in use. Whereunto is added the farther use of the forenamed tables in questions that concern navigation, astronomy, and geography; as also an universal almanack. By Richard Norwood, reader of the mathematicks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed by W.G. for G. Hurlock, and are to be sold at his shop over against St. Magnus Church on London-Bridge near Thames-Street, 1669

Descrizione fisica

[2], 36, [2], 93, [71] p. : tables

Soggetti

Navigation

Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A triangular canon logarithmical. Or A table of artificiall sines, tangents, and the complements arithmetical of sines supplying the use of secants" has separate title page dated 1669, register and pagination.

Identified as Wing N1350, reel 2446, of the UMI microfilm set "Early English books 1641-1700".

Cf. Wing N1350 which has "epitomie" in the title and a different imprint.

Reproduction of original in the Royal Society, London, England.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0141