The advancement of the art of navigation [[electronic resource] ] : in two parts : the first shewing by a new canon of sines, tangents, and secants, how to resolve all cases of right-lined triangles, onely by looking into the tables without any calculation : particularly applied to all the three kinds of sailing : viz. by the plain chart, by Mercaters chart, by a great circle, and to the art of surveying : the second part, shewing several observations for the better odering of the log-line, and for the more exact and ready measuring, not onely of minutes, but seconds of time, with some new experiments and engines for the more constant finding of a ships way / / by Henry Philippes

• Autore: Phillippes Henry <d. 1677?>
• Pubblicazione: London, : Printed by R. & W. Leybourn for George Hulock ..., 1657
• Descrizione fisica: [14], 156, [91], [33], 39 p
• Soggetto topico: Navigation
• Altri autori: PhillippesHenry <d. 1677?>
• Note generali: 2d part has special t.p.; Inserted between the first and second parts is possibly a first edition of another work of Phillippes consisting of two parts which was published separately in 1708. The first part: The seaman's canon of triangles, London, 1657. The second part: A brief canon of triangles, London, 1657.; Reproduction of original in Cambridge University Library.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0021
• Titolo autorizzato: The advancement of the art of navigation
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996386274903316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno