The mariner's jewel : Or, A pocket companion for the ingenious. Containing decimal arithmetick; extraction of the square root; to know the burthen, and how to rig a ship; with an easie and exact method for all gunners, carpenters, and boatswains, whereby to know the expence of their stories every month, and what they have remaining; with proper directions for making of masts and yards according to proportion; with a new list of the royal navy; a general pay-table for all degrees of men; an abstract of Parliament for the encouragement of seamen, with Her Majesty's approbation thereto; a guide for pursers and stewards; the most usual terms at sea explained, with directions how to work a ship at sea; and a compendium of sea gunnery; with several other things needful to be understood by all sorts of seasaring men.
| Author/creator | Love, James |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | The foruth edition, corrected and enlarged by James Love, mathematician. |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for Alexander Sims, at the Bible in Betts's-street, Ratcliff-High-Way; and sold by Ebem. Tracy, at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge; and Rich. Mount, at the Postern on Tower-Hill; and Jer. Seller, and Ch. price, at the Hermitage in Wapping, 1703. |
| Description | 204 pages : illustrations ; 12⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| General note | Reproduction of original from British Library. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, T231347. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Genre/form | Manuals (Handbooks) |