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Autore |
Sturmy Samuel <1633-1669.> |
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Titolo |
The mariners magazine [[electronic resource] ] : stor'd with these mathematical arts: The rudiments of navigation and geometry. The making and use of divers mathematical instruments. The doctrine of triangles, plain and spherical. The art of navigation, by the plain-chart, Mercator's-chart, and the arch of a great circle. The art of surveying, gauging, and measuring. Gunnery and artificial fire-works. The rudiments of astronomy. The art of dialling. Also with tables of logarithms, and tables of the suns declination; of the latitude and longitude, right ascension and declination of the most notable fixed stars; of the latitude and longitude of places; of meridional parts. Whereunto are annexed, an abridgment of the penalties and forfeitures, by Acts of Parliament, relating to the customs, and to navigation. And, a compendium of fortification. By Capt. Samuel Sturmy |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London, : printed by Anne Godbid, for William Fisher, at the Postern-Gate near Tower-Hill; Edward Thomas, at the Adam and Eve in Little-Britain; Robert Boulter, at the Turks-head in Cornhill; Thomas Passinger, at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge; Ralph Smith, at the Bible in the Piazza under the Exchange; and Richard Northcot, next St. Peter's Alley in Cornhill, and at the Anchor and Mariner on Fish-Street-Hill, 1679 |
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Edizione |
[The third edition, diligently revised and carefully corrected, by John Colson, teacher of the mathematicks in London.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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[28], 196, [2], 173, [49] p., plates : ill., tables |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Navigation |
Surveying |
Gunnery |
Fireworks |
Sundials |
Spherical astronomy |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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With an added engraved title page. |
Title page in red and black. |
"A constant kalendar: or an almanack", "Sturmy's mathematical and |
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practical arts. The fifth book", "The mariner's magazine, .. The seventh book", "A compendium of fortification", "Canon triangulorum logarithmicus", and "Chiliades decem logarithmorum" have separate dated title pages, all dated 1683 except for the "Chiliades", which is dated 1684; the other books are headed by caption titles. "Canon triangulorum" and "Chiliades" are unpaginated and have a separate register from the preceding text. |
Illustrated with compasses, tables and geometric diagrams. |
Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
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