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An appendix to the New American practical navigator : containing, tables for clearing the apparent distance of the sun and moon, from the effects of parallax and refraction by a new method. : In which all the corrections are additive. : (Copy-right secured according to law.).

Author/creator Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838
Other author/creatorBowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838 New American practical navigator.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNewburyport [Mass.] : Printed by Edmund M. Blunt, no. 6, State Street, 1804.
Description40 unnumbered pages : charts ; 22 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 5896. ^A575643
General noteParentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription.
General noteCaption title: New method of correcting the apparent distance of the moon from the sun or a star for the effects of parallax and refraction.
General noteAttributed to Nathaniel Bowditch in the Dictionary of American biography.
General noteLast page blank; pasted to p. [3] of wrapper.
General note"Newburyport Book-Store. Ebenezer Stedman, keeps constantly for sale, at the Newburyport Book-Store, no. 6, State-Street, Newburyport, (formerly occupied by Mr. Edmund M. Blunt,) a complete assortment of charts and pilots, with directions for every part of the globe ... Bookbinding, in its various branches, executed with neatness. ..."--p. 39.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 5896
References Rink, E. Technical Americana, 3915
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 5896).
Genre/formBooksellers' advertisements Massachusetts Newburyport.
Genre/formAdvertisements Bookbinding.
Other titleNew method of correcting the apparent distance of the moon from the sun or a star for the effects of parallax and refraction.

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