The sea-man's practice : Containing a fundamental problem in navigation, experimentally verified: namely, touching the compass of the Earth and sea, and the quantity of degree in our English measures. Also an exact method or form of keeping a reckoning or journal at sea, in any kind or manner of sailing. With certain tables and other rules used in navigation. As also the plotting and surveying of places: the latitude of the principal places in England: the variation of the compass: the finding of the currents at sea, and what allowance is to be given in respect of them. By Richard Norwood, reader of the mathematicks.
| Author/creator | Norwood, Richard |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for Richard Mount, at the Ancient Shop at the Postern, on Tower-Hill, 1702. |
| Description | 126 pages, plates,tables ; 4⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| General note | Reproduction of original from British Library. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, N36208. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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