Author

Contributions

  • Still, Alfred, 1869- - Contributor
  • Burndy Library - Contributor

Publication

1829 - Printed for the author & sold by him ... & may also be had of every respectable Bookseller, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

27,000 words, Guess

Page Count

108 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCQC816 .P82X 1829

Description

Provides a description of the author's "patent dipping needle mariner's compass," together with investigations into the origins of the earth, the theory of tides, the perpetual lamp, and perspective. Reprinted is a series of letters from ships' captains who have used the author's dipping needle with favorable results.

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