The description and use, of a new constructed octant, sextant and quintant : By His Majesty's patent, being an improvement on the Hadley's quadrant. By either of which, altitudes are taken, and angular distances measured to the greatest precision from 0. to 160ʻ. Without a back observation, and with double the space of illumination, or field of view: also a new meth[o]d of adjusting the glasses, and applying the instrument for the purposes of finding the latitude and longitude at sea.. By G. Wright.
| Author/creator | Wright, Gabriel |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for the author, no. 36, Little Britain; and sold by Mr. Martin, optician in Fleet-street, and the booksellers in town and country, [1779?] |
| Description | 4 unnumbered pages, 40 pages, II plates ; 8⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
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| General note | Price on title page: (Price One Shilling.) |
| General note | Reproduction of original from British Library. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, T122335. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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