Epitome of the Art of Navigation; Or, A Short, Easy, and Methodical Way to become a Compleat Navigator
Published by W. and J. Mount, T. Page and Son, 1759
- Hardcover
- Used





Seller: Henry Pordes Books Ltd, London, United KingdomHenry Pordes Books Ltd
AbeBooks seller since February 14, 2007
Association member: PBFA
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 620.61
Quantity: 1 available
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'Containing, Practical Geometry, Plane and Spheric, Superficial and Solid; with its Uses in all kinds of Mensuration. Trigonometry, Plane and Spheric, both geometric, instrumental and logarithmic; with its uses in navigation. In Plane, Mercator's, and Great Circle-Sailing, Geography, astronomy, the projection of the sphere, etc. The Gregorian or New Calender, description and use of the Plane-Chart. Mercator's-Chart, both globes, hemispheres, and divers of instruments. A new form of keeping a Sea-Reckoning, or account of a ship's way. A Traverse-Table; a table of Meridional Parts; A table of 10,000 logarithms and, logarithmic sines, tangents, and secants, carefully corrected.' Hardcover 8vo with original leather boards in very good condition. Boards have some signs of wear and aging including some scuffing and bumping, particularly toward the back. There is some cracking at the hinge of the spine but boards and spine still holding tight and in very good condition for the original boards. All ten fold-out plates present. Pages have signs of aging and some minor soiling and foxing in some places but still in very good condition.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Epitome of the Art of Navigation; Or, A Short, Easy, and Methodical Way to become a Compleat Navigator
- Author
- Atkinson, James
- Publisher
- W. and J. Mount, T. Page and Son
- Publication year
- 1759
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Dimensions
- 8vo
Henry Pordes Books Ltd
London, United Kingdom
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One of the most famous and last surviving bookshops on Charing Cross Rd, Henry Pordes Books has been a favorite among book lovers for over thirty years. The shop stocks a broad and eclectic range of books, from modern firsts, early classics - including Shakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Wilde, Carroll, the Brontë sisters, Barrie, George Eliot and more - early and fine editions of major twentieth-century publishing ‘institutions’ such as Harry Potter, James Bond and the novels of Agatha Christie, P.G. Wodehouse, Graham Greene and Terry Pratchett, and rare antiquarian texts in the fields of medicine, science, sport, travel, history, religion, philosophy and Italian and French literature, to modern books on art, design, fashion, photography, architecture, natural history, archaeology, religion, mythology, folklore, cooking, drink, gardening, erotica, travel and children’s books. …
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