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Practical navigation: or, An introduction to the whole art. Containing many useful and geometrical definitions and problems; the doctrine of plain and spherical triangles; plain mercator, and great circle-sayling; sundry useful problems in astronomy; the use of instruments ... tables of the moons age, of the tydes ... also a table of 10000 logarithms, and of the log. sines, tangents and secants.
- Title
- Practical navigation: or, An introduction to the whole art. Containing many useful and geometrical definitions and problems; the doctrine of plain and spherical triangles; plain mercator, and great circle-sayling; sundry useful problems in astronomy; the use of instruments ... tables of the moons age, of the tydes ... also a table of 10000 logarithms, and of the log. sines, tangents and secants.
- Author
- Seller, John, active 1658-1698.
- Publication
- London, Printed by John Darby, and are to be sold by the author, at his shops; and by John Wingfield book-seller, 1672.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Restricted use | *KC 1672 (Seller, J. Practical navigation) | Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 | |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Map Div. 97-6213 | Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117 | |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person. | engraved title page only | Text | Use in library | Map Div. 97-6592 engraved title page only | Schwarzman Building M2 - Map Division Desk Room 117 |
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- Description
- 5 p. l., 278 p., 1 l., 88, [55], [92] p. illus., plates.; 20 cm. (4to.)
- Donor/Sponsor
- Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 3011 (Map Div. copy)
- Alternative Title
- Practical navigation, or, An introduction to that whole art
- Practical navigation
- Introduction to the whole art
- Subject
- Note
- "A table containing ten chiliads of logarithmes" and "A triangular canon logarithmical" have special title-pages dated 1672 and 1673 respectively.
- Indexed In (note)
- Wing
- Call Number
- *KC 1672 (Seller, J. Practical navigation)
- OCLC
- 43308961
- Author
- Seller, John, active 1658-1698.
- Title
- Practical navigation: or, An introduction to the whole art. Containing many useful and geometrical definitions and problems; the doctrine of plain and spherical triangles; plain mercator, and great circle-sayling; sundry useful problems in astronomy; the use of instruments ... tables of the moons age, of the tydes ... also a table of 10000 logarithms, and of the log. sines, tangents and secants.
- Imprint
- London, Printed by John Darby, and are to be sold by the author, at his shops; and by John Wingfield book-seller, 1672.
- Edition
- The second edition, enlarged. By John Seller, hydrographer to the king.
- Indexed In:
- Wing S2482
- Local Note
- NYPL Map Div. 97-6213 copy imperfect: lower corner of most leaves mutilated. Lacks engraved title page, plates, and pages 265-266. Includes 4 p. l., 278 p., 88, [56], [92] p. Has loose leaf inserted inside back cover with illustrations labelled Fig. 12, Fig. 13, and Fig. 14. Autographs on title page: Nathaniel Lummis [with strikethrough], David [Al?]len.NYPL Map Div. 97-6592 is single sheet, engraved title page only, not necessarily from imperfect Map Div. 97-6213. On verso, autograph and manuscript notes in ink: John Harrison. This book bought on board the [?], Sept. 19, 1770. From the edition of 167...
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- Research Call Number
- *KC 1672 (Seller, J. Practical navigation)Map Div. 97-6213 [LHS 3011; atlas cases]Map Div. 97-6592 [LHS 3011; engraved title page only]