Navigation New Modelled: Or, A Treatise Of Geometrical, Trigonometrical, Arithmetical, Instrumental, And Practical Navigation;.
Bound in original calf; spine rebacked using original spine, in compartments, decorated gilt. 1834 inscription on front pastedown and initials on verso of first free endpaper; 1887 presentation inscription on first free endpaper and a 'Recitation' (story) on last free endpapers extending into rear pastedown. Some browning and staining but otherwise a very good copy.
£300.00
Publisher
Printed for J. Mount, T. Page, and W. Mount on Tower-Hill.,
Place
London
Date
1777
Synopsis
Teaching how to keep a reckoning, both in latitude and longitude, without tables or instruments, by a new method never yet published: illustrated with practical examples of keeping a journal, and correcting it by an observation, with a new way of finding the variation, and time of high-water at any known port. together with all necessary tables, calculated to the new stile, and the projection of the sphere orthographic and stereographic. also current sailing, with other pleasant questions, and how to correct the longitude by a solar observation. the ninth edition, with the addition of spherical trigonometry, and astronomy. by henry wilson. revised and corrected by william mountaine, teacher of the mathematics, and f.r.s.
Item Description
8vo. 5 x 7.75 inches. xvi + 527 + [1] pp. Two tables have separate half titles.
Illustrations
Illustrated by ten folding engraved plates. Numerous tables in text and at end. Decorated by head and tailpiece vignettes and initials.
Notes
The Treatise of Navigation by Henry Wilson (1673-1741) was first published in 1715 and later editions were revised and corrected by William Mountaine. It includes a Table of Latitude and Longitude 'of the Principal Harbours, Headlands and Islands in the World.'
[Stock No. 23163]
Subjects
18th Century • Maritime • Mathematics • Natural History/Science • Navigation