01964nam 2200361Ia 450 99638371030331620200824132201.0(CKB)1000000000580189(EEBO)2240878815(OCoLC)ocm45097882e(OCoLC)45097882(EXLCZ)99100000000058018920000929d1659 uy 0engurbn||||a|bb|The use of a mathematical instrument, called a quadrant[electronic resource] Shewing very plainly and easily to know the exact height or distance of any steeple, tree, or house, &c. : Also to know the hour of the day by it: the height of the sun, moon, or stars: and to know the time of sun-rising, and setting; and the length of every day in the year: the place of the sun in the ecliptick: the azimuth, right ascension, and declination of the sun. : With many other necessary and delightful conclusions. Performed very readily. : As also the use of a nocturnal whereby you may learn to know the stars in heaven, and the hour of the night, by them. With many other delightfull operationsThe second edition, /wherein the mistakes in the former impression are corrected. By W.P.[London] The quadrants, nocturnals, and these books, are to be sold by Joseph Moxon, at his shop in Corn-hill, at the signe of the Atlas, in London1659[2], 45, [1] p. ill. (woodcut)Imperfect; tightly bound with some loss of text.Reproduction of the original in the British Library.eebo-0114QuadrantEarly works to 1800Astronomical instrumentsEarly works to 1800QuadrantAstronomical instrumentsW. P1000871EAEEAEBOOK996383710303316The use of a mathematical instrument, called a quadrant2307977UNISA