Norwood's system of navigation [[electronic resource] ] : teaching the whole art, in a way more familiar, easie, and practical, than hath been hitherto done. Shewing, the projection of the plain scale: the sphere in plaino: astronomical problems useful in navigation: traverse tables: right lin'd triangles ... The description and use of a new instrument called encyclologium, or the sliding cirlces: which, with ease, resolves all questions of proportion, trigonometry, arithmetick, square and cube root, gunnery, mesuration and dyalling / / by Matthew Norwood, teacher of mathematical arts

• Autore: Norwood Matthew
• Pubblicazione: London, : Printed for H. Sawbridge at the Bible on Ludgate-hill; and T. Wall, next the Tolzey in Bristol, 1685
• Descrizione fisica: [16], 384, 11, [62], [93], 47 p., [12] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill
• Soggetto topico: Navigation - England; Navigation; Geometry - England
• Note generali: Includes: Of gunnery : so much of that art is absolutely necessary for a sea-man to know, on p. 369-384.; Includes: The use of the tables of logarithms, on p. 1-11 (third sequence).; A table containing ten chiliads of logarithmes, for numbers increasing in their natural order, from 1 to 1000. London : Printed by John Gain, 1685" on [62] p. has special t.p.; A triangular canon logarithmical, or A table of artificial sines, tangents, and the complements arithmetical of sines ... London : Printed by J. Gain in Upper Moor-Fields, next door but one to the Flying Horse, 1685" on [93] p. has special t.p.; Includes: Encyclologium, or, The sliding circles, on 47 p. at end.; "Arrata" [sic] on p. 47 at end.; Imperfect: tightly bound with some loss of text.; Reproduction of original in: Christ Church (University of Oxford). Library.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0026
• Titolo autorizzato: Norwood's system of navigation
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996395891303316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno