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Record Nr.

UNISA996394733503316

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 for Richard Mount at the Postern on Tower-Hill, 1696

Descrizione fisica

160 p. : ill., tables

Altri autori (Persone)

BondHenry

PhillippesHenry <d. 1677?>

Soggetti

Navigation

Nautical almanacs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Identified as Wing A2537C on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641-1700", reel 1803.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018