The mariner's magazine, stor'd with these mathematical arts
The Rudiments of Navigation and Geometry. The Making and use of divers Mathematical Instruments. The Doctrine of Triangles, Plain and Spherical. The Art of Navigation, by the Plain-Chart, Mercator's-Chart, and the Arch of a Great Circle. The Art of Surveying, Gauging, and Measuring. Gunnery and Artificial FireWorks. The Rudiments of Astronomy. The Art of Dialling. Also with Tables of Logarithms, and Tables of the Suns Declination ; of the Latitude and Longitude, Right Ascension, and Declination of the most notable Fixed Stars ; of the Latitude and Longitude of Places ; or Meridional Parts. Whereunto are annexed An Abridgment of the Penalties and Forfeitures, by Acts of Parliament, relating to the Customs, and to Navigation. And, A Compendium of Fortification
The 2nd ed. / diligently rev. and carefully corrected by John Colson, Teacher of the Mathematicks in London.
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Author
Contributions
- Colson, John, 1680-1760 - Contributor
- Staynred, Philip - Contributor
- Briggs, Henry, 1561-1630 - Contributor
Publication
1679 - Printed by Anne Godbid for William Fisher ..., London, England
Language
English
Word Count
50,000 words, Guess
Page Count
200 pages
Identifiers
- OCLC Control Number78617749
- Open LibraryOL45021400M
Alternate Titles
- Sturmys Mathematicall and Practicall Arts
- Canon triangulorum Logarithmicus
- Compendium of Fortification
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