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Record Nr.

UNISA996395526603316

Autore

Norwood Richard <1590?-1675.>

Titolo

Norwood's epitome [[electronic resource] ] : being the application of the doctrine of triangles in certain problems concerning the use of the plain sea-chart, and Mercator's chart, being the two most usual kinds of sailing : with a table of artificial sines, and trangents [sic], and the complements arrithmetical of sines supplying the use of secants ... : also the logarithms of absolute numbers from 1 to a [1000?], with a table of the right ascension and declination of the sun and certain principal fixed stars : whereunto is added the farther use of the forenamed tables in questions of navigation, astronomy and geography : as also an universal almanack / / by Richard Norwood .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by F.D. for Richard Mount at the Postern on Tower-hill, 1698

Edizione

[The last edition, newly revised and corrected.]

Descrizione fisica

[2], 126, [72] p. : ill

Soggetti

Trigonometry

Logarithms

Navigation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Advertisements on p. [66] and [71]-[72] at end.

"A triangular canon logarithmical, or A table of artificial sines, tangents, and the complements arithmetical of sines supplying the use of secants ..." on p. [35]-126 has special t.p.

Imperfect: stained, tightly bound, and with print show-through.

Reproduction of original in: Library of Congress.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0078