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 ... The description and use of a new instrument called encyclologium, or the sliding cirlces: which, with ease, resolves all questions of proportion, trigonometry, arithmetick, square and cube root, gunnery, mesuration and dyalling / by Matthew Norwood, teacher of mathematical arts.

Author/creator Norwood, Matthew
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Publication InfoLondon : Printed for H. Sawbridge at the Bible on Ludgate-hill; and T. Wall, next the Tolzey in Bristol, 1685.
Description[16], 384, 11, [62], [93], 47 p., [12] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill.
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Portion of title System of navigation: teaching the whole art, in a way more familiar, easie, and practical, than hath been hitherto done
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteIncludes: Of gunnery : so much of that art is absolutely necessary for a sea-man to know, on p. 369-384.
General noteIncludes: The use of the tables of logarithms, on p. 1-11 (third sequence).
General noteA table containing ten chiliads of logarithmes, for numbers increasing in their natural order, from 1 to 1000. London : Printed by John Gain, 1685" on [62] p. has special t.p.
General noteA triangular canon logarithmical, or A table of artificial sines, tangents, and the complements arithmetical of sines ... London : Printed by J. Gain in Upper Moor-Fields, next door but one to the Flying Horse, 1685" on [93] p. has special t.p.
General noteIncludes: Encyclologium, or, The sliding circles, on 47 p. at end.
General note"Arrata" [sic] on p. 47 at end.
General noteImperfect: tightly bound with some loss of text.
General noteReproduction of original in: Christ Church (University of Oxford). Library.
References Wing (2nd ed.) N1346
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2982:14)
Other titleOf gunnery : so much of that art is absolutely necessary for a sea-man to know.
Other titleUse of the tables of logarithms.
Other titleTable containing ten chiliads of logarithmes.
Other titleTriangular canon logarithmical, or A table of artificial sines.
Other titleTable of artificial sines.
Other titleEncyclologium, or, The sliding circles.
Other titleSliding circles.
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