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037 a| CL0037000104b| ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106;

100 1 a| Norwood, Matthew.=| ^A898883;

245 10 a| Norwood's system of navigation :b| teaching the whole art, in a way more familiar, easie, and practical, than hath been hitherto done. Shewing, the projection of the plain scale: the sphere in plaino: astronomical problems useful in navigation: traverse tables: right lin'd triangles, geometrically, by tables of sines, tangents, logarithms, and by Gunter's ruler; applied to Plain and Mercator's sailing. Illustrated by schemes on copper-plates. How to make observations at sea or shore. Sure and easie ways of reckoning by latitude, longitude, and meridional distance; with tables for both ways of sailing. The longitude and latitude of principal places. Tables for the suns place and declination; of the longitudes, latitudes, declinations, right ascensions, and seasons of some noted stars. Spherical triangles; and their use in great circle sailing. The use of the globes, Azimuth compass for variation. And also of sea-gunnery. The description and use of a new instrument, called Encyclologium, or the sliding circles; which, wit;

260 a| London :b| printed for H. Sawbridge, T. Guy, T. Parkhurst, J. Robinson, and G. Conyers,c| 1685.;

300 a| [16], 384, 11, [149], 8, 5-50 p., plates :b| ill.;

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500 a| "A table containing ten chiliads of logarithmes" and "A triangular canon logarithmical" each have a separate dated title page; register is continuous.;

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510 4 a| Wing (CD-ROM, 1996)c| N1346A;

650 0 a| Geometryv| Early works to 1800.=| ^A477720;

650 0 a| Navigationv| Early works to 1800.=| ^A653328;

740 02 a| A table containing ten chiliads of logarithmes.;

740 02 a| A triangular canon logarithmical.;

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Norwood's system of navigation : teaching the whole art, in a way more familiar, easie, and practical, than hath been hitherto done. Shewing, the projection of the plain scale: the sphere in plaino: astronomical problems useful in navigation: traverse tables: right lin'd triangles, geometrically, by tables of sines, tangents, logarithms, and by Gunter's ruler; applied to Plain and Mercator's sailing. Illustrated by schemes on copper-plates. How to make observations at sea or shore. Sure and easie ways of reckoning by latitude, longitude, and meridional distance; with tables for both ways of sailing. The longitude and latitude of principal places. Tables for the suns place and declination; of the longitudes, latitudes, declinations, right ascensions, and seasons of some noted stars. Spherical triangles; and their use in great circle sailing. The use of the globes, Azimuth compass for variation. And also of sea-gunnery. The description and use of a new instrument, called Encyclologium, or the sliding circles; which, wit

Author/creator	Norwood, Matthew
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	London : printed for H. Sawbridge, T. Guy, T. Parkhurst, J. Robinson, and G. Conyers, 1685.
Description	[16], 384, 11, [149], 8, 5-50 p., plates : ill.
Supplemental Content	https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240870486
Subjects	Geometry--Early works to 1800. Navigation--Early works to 1800.

Series	Early English books online. ^A888680
General note	"A table containing ten chiliads of logarithmes" and "A triangular canon logarithmical" each have a separate dated title page; register is continuous.
General note	Reproduction of original in the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London.
References	Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) N1346A
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2504:3)
Other title	A table containing ten chiliads of logarithmes.
Other title	A triangular canon logarithmical.
Stock number	CL0037000104 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106

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