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, only by looking into the tables, without any calculation : particularly applied to all the three kinds of sailing : viz. [brace] by the plain-chart, by mercater's chart, by a great circle : and to the art of surveying : the second part shewing several observations for the better ordering the logline, and for the more exact and ready measuring, not only minutes, but seconds of time : with some new experiments for the more constant finding of a ship's way

• Autore: Phillippes Henry <d. 1677?>
• Pubblicazione: London, : Printed by J. Gain for W. Fisher ... and R. Smith ..., 1685
• Edizione: The second edition /
• Descrizione fisica: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill
• Soggetto topico: Navigation
• Note generali: Each part has special t.p. and separate paging.; Contains tables.; Reproduction of original in the 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.: 996386372503316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno