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Autore |
Sturmy Samuel <1633-1669.> |
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Titolo |
The mariners magazine, stor'd with these mathematical arts [[electronic resource] ] : 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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London, : printed by John Playford, for W. Fisher and R. Mount at the Postern-Gate near Tower-Hill; R. Boulter at the Turks-head in Cornhill; T. Passinger, at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge; R. Smith, at the Bible in the Piazza under the Exchange; and R. Northcot, next St. Peter's Alley in Cornhill, and at the Anchor and Mariner on Fish-Street-Hill, 1684 |
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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 practical arts. The fifth book", "The mariner's magazine, .. The seventh |
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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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