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Colson, Nathaniel, active 1674 / The mariner's new calendar : containing the principles of arithmetic and practical geometry; ... Together with exact tables of the sun's place, ... Also the description and use of the sea-quadrant, ... By Nathaniel Colson, ... The whole revis'd, and adjusted to the new stile, by William Mountaine, F.R.S.
(1761)
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.TLH E THE MARINER'S! NEW CALENDA R. CONTAINING The Principles of Arithmetic and Pradtical Geometry; with the Extraion of the Square and Cube Roots : Alfo Rules for finding the Prime, Epad, Moon's Age, Time of High-Water, with Tables for the fame. TOGETHER WITH Fxa& Tables of the Sun's Place, Declination, and Right-Af- cenfion : Of the Right Afcenflon and Declination of the Principal Fixed Stars: Of the Latitude and Longitude of Places : A large Table of Difference of Latitude and De parture, for the exaa Working a Traverfe. A L S 0 The Defcription and Ufe of the Sea-Quadrant, Fore-Staff ' and No6turnal : Neceffary Problems in Plane-Safling and Aftronomy, wrought by the Logarithms, and by Gunter's Scale: A Tide Table: The Courfes and Diflances on the Coat of Great Britain, Ireland, France, &c. And the Soundings at coming into the Channel: With Direions for failing into fome Principal Harbours. BY NATHANIEL COLSON, Student in the Mathematic,. The whole revis'd, and adjufted to the NE W bTI By WILLIAM MOUNTAINE,F.R.S. London: Printed for W. and J. MOUNT, T. PAGE & SoN on Tower-Hill, 176r. Where you may have all Sorts of Mathematical Books.
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