Practical navigation, or, An introduction to the whole art : containing many useful geometrical definitions and problems, the doctrine of plain and spherical triangles, plain Mercator, and great-circle-sailing, sundry useful problems in astronomy, the use of instruments, the azimuth-compass, ring-dyal, variation-compass, the fore-staff, quadrant, plough, and nocturnal, the plain scale, Gunter's scale, sinical-quadrant, plain-chart, mercators-chart, both globes, the inclinatory-needle, and vertues of the load-stone, useful tables of the Moon's age, of the tydes, of the Sun's place, declination, and right-ascention, of the stars right-ascention and declination, the latitude and longitude of places, and a table of meridional parts, likewise a new traverse-table, and use thereof in keeping a reckoning at sea, also a table of 10000 logarithms, and of the log sines, tangents and secants / by John Seller, hydrographer to the King.

Author/creator Seller, John
Format Electronic
EditionThe third edition, enlarged.
Publication InfoLondon : Printed by J. Darby, and are to sold by the author at the Hermitage in Wapping, by William Fisher at the Postern-gate near Tower-hill, and by Eliz. Hurlock at the Rose at the West-end of St. Pauls, anno 1676.
Description[9], 328, 65-72, 335-350, [148] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.
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Other author/creatorWhite, Robert, 1645-1703, engraver.
Other author/creatorDarby, John, 1624 or 1625-1704, printer.
Other author/creatorFisher, W. (William), -1692 bookseller.
Other author/creatorHurlock, Elizabeth, active 1673-1677, bookseller.
Other author/creatorSeller, John, active 1658-1698, bookseller.
Other author/creatorSingfield, John, bookseller.
Variant title Introduction to the whole art
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteEdition statement immediately follows title.
General noteWith an added engraved title page (plate).
General noteWith divisional title pages: "Triangular canon logarithmical: or, a table of artificial sines, tangents, secants ... London, printed by John Darby, for John Seller, and John Wingfield, 1673." and "Table containing ten chiliads of logarithmes: for numbers increasing in their natural order, from 1 to 10000 ... London, printed by John Darby, for John Seller, and John Wingfield, 1672.".
General noteFrontis signed by R. White, sculp.
General noteSignatures: A-Tt4 Uu1 ii4 Xx4 Zz4 ll-eee4 fff2.
General noteIrregular pagination.
General noteThe final [148] p. are tables.
General noteReproduction of original in: York Minster. Library.
References Wing (2nd ed., 1994), S2482B
References ESTC R183710
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 3071:1)
Other titleTriangular canon logarithmical: or, a table of artificial sines, tangents, secants.
Other titleTable containing ten chiliads of logarithmes: for numbers increasing in their natural order, from 1 to 10000.
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