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The theory and practice of longitude at sea comprehending the theory of the solar system; Phaenomena of the Moon, other Planets and Fixed Stars; Doctrine of Parallaxes, Time, and of the Celestial Sphere; Use of Nautical Instruments; New Methods for Latitude by Sun, Moon and Stars; Longitude at Sea and Land, by all the Methods invented; Latitude and Longitude from cotemporary Observations; with other Important Improvements. By Samuel Dunn, Teacher of the Mathematical Sciences, London.

Title: The theory and practice of longitude at sea [electronic resource] : comprehending the theory of the solar system; Phaenomena of the Moon, other Planets and Fixed Stars; Doctrine of Parallaxes, Time, and of the Celestial Sphere; Use of Nautical Instruments; New Methods for Latitude by Sun, Moon and Stars; Longitude at Sea and Land, by all the Methods invented; Latitude and Longitude from cotemporary Observations; with other Important Improvements. By Samuel Dunn, Teacher of the Mathematical Sciences, London.
Author: Dunn, Samuel, -1794.
Publication: London : printed for the author, at No. 1, Boar's-Head Court, Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]

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Description

viii,104p.,plates : map; 4⁰.

Subject

Longitude

Note

Vertical chain lines.
Braces in imprint.
Reproduction of original from British Library.

Indexed In (note)

English Short Title Catalog

Reproduction (note)

Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

642391972
ECCO1-T134705

Author

Dunn, Samuel, -1794.

Title

The theory and practice of longitude at sea [electronic resource] : comprehending the theory of the solar system; Phaenomena of the Moon, other Planets and Fixed Stars; Doctrine of Parallaxes, Time, and of the Celestial Sphere; Use of Nautical Instruments; New Methods for Latitude by Sun, Moon and Stars; Longitude at Sea and Land, by all the Methods invented; Latitude and Longitude from cotemporary Observations; with other Important Improvements. By Samuel Dunn, Teacher of the Mathematical Sciences, London.

Imprint

London : printed for the author, at No. 1, Boar's-Head Court, Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]

Edition

Edition the second, enlarged, improved, corrected, and revised, by the author.

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Indexed In:

English Short Title Catalog, T134705.

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Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

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