The use of the sector, in these following parts of the mathematicks, viz. geometry, trigonometry, navigation, astronomy, dialing, measuring, altimetria, longimetria, surveying
also the art of dialing, instrumentally performed by a new portable instrument called the horological sector, by which hour-lines may be drawn on all manner of planes however situated, in any latitude, by which instrument may be found the hour of the day, and the sun's azimuth universally
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Publication
1713 - Printed for the author near the Marlborough's Head in Hounsditch, and sold by R. Glynne, at the Atlas and Herculus in Cheapside near the corner of Friday-Street, and E. Culpeper, at the Cross-dagers in Middle Moore-Fields, mathematical instrument-makers, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
35,000 words, Guess
Page Count
140 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL60500099M
- OCLC Control Number314993881
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