An edition of American practical navigator (1802)

New American practical navigator

being an epitome of navigation; containing all tables necessary to be used with Nautical almanac in determining latitude, and longitude by lunar observations, and keeping complete reckoning at sea; illustratedby proper rules and examples; whole exemplified in journal, kept from Boston to Madeira, in which all rules of navigation are introduced; also, demonstration of usual rules of trigonometry; problems in mensuration, surveying, and gauging; dictionary of sea terms; and manner of performing most useful evolutions at sea; with appendix, containing methods of calculating eclipses of sun and moon and occultations of fixed stars; rules for finding longitude of place by observations of eclipses, occultations, and transits of moon's limb over meridian; also new method for finding latitude by two altitudes.

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An edition of American practical navigator (1802)

New American practical navigator

being an epitome of navigation; containing all tables necessary to be used with Nautical almanac in determining latitude, and longitude by lunar observations, and keeping complete reckoning at sea; illustratedby proper rules and examples; whole exemplified in journal, kept from Boston to Madeira, in which all rules of navigation are introduced; also, demonstration of usual rules of trigonometry; problems in mensuration, surveying, and gauging; dictionary of sea terms; and manner of performing most useful evolutions at sea; with appendix, containing methods of calculating eclipses of sun and moon and occultations of fixed stars; rules for finding longitude of place by observations of eclipses, occultations, and transits of moon's limb over meridian; also new method for finding latitude by two altitudes.

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Cover of: American practical navigator
American practical navigator: an epitome of navigation and nautical astronomy.
1914, Govt. Print. Off.
Cover of: American practical navigator
American practical navigator: an epitome of navigation and nautical astronomy.
1914, Govt. Print. Off.
Cover of: American practical navigator
American practical navigator: an epitome of navigation and nautical astronomy
1912, Govt. print. off.
Cover of: American practical navigator
American practical navigator: an epitome of navigation and nautical astronomy.
1910, Govt. Print. Off.
Cover of: The American practical navigator
The American practical navigator: being an epitome of navigation and nautical astronomy.
1903, Govt. Print. Off.
Cover of: The American practical navigator
The American practical navigator: being an epitome of navigation and nautical astronomy
1888, Govt. Print. Off.
in English - Rev. / by P. H. Cooper.
Cover of: New American practical navigator
New American practical navigator: being an epitome of navigation; containing all tables necessary to be used with Nautical almanac in determining latitude, and longitude by lunar observations, and keeping complete reckoning at sea; illustratedby proper rules and examples; whole exemplified in journal, kept from Boston to Madeira, in which all rules of navigation are introduced; also, demonstration of usual rules of trigonometry; problems in mensuration, surveying, and gauging; dictionary of sea terms; and manner of performing most useful evolutions at sea; with appendix, containing methods of calculating eclipses of sun and moon and occultations of fixed stars; rules for finding longitude of place by observations of eclipses, occultations, and transits of moon's limb over meridian; also new method for finding latitude by two altitudes.
1868, s.n.]
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Cover of: The new American practical navigator
The new American practical navigator: being an epitome of navigation; containing all the tables necessary to be used with the Nautical almanac in determining the latitude, and the longitude by lunar observations, and keeping a complete reckoning at sea ... The whole exemplified in a journal, kept from Boston to Madeira, in which all the rules of navigation are introduced ... With an appendix, containing methods of calculating eclipses of the sun and moon, and occultations of the fixed stars ...
1861, E. & G. W. Blunt
in English - 30th new stereotype ed.
Cover of: The new American practical navigator
The new American practical navigator: being an epitome of navigation; containing all the tables necessary to be used with the nautical almanac in determining the latitude, and the longitude by lunar observations, and keeping a complete reckoning at sea : illustrated by proper rules and examples : the whole exemplified in a journal, kept from Boston to Madeira, in which all the rules of navigation are introduced : also, the demonstration of the usual rules of trigonometry; problems in mensuration, surveying, and gauging; dictionary of sea terms; and the manner of performing the most useful evolutions at sea : with an appendix, containing methods of calculating eclipses of the sun and moon, and occultations of the fixed stars; rules for finding the longitude of a place by observations of eclipses, occultations, and transits of the moon's limb over the meridian; also a new method for finding the latitude by two altitudes
1837, Published by E. & G.W. Blunt, proprietors, Stereotyped at the Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry
in English - Ninth new stereotype edition.
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Cover of: The New American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation; Containing All the Tables ...
The New American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation; Containing All the Tables ...
1826, E.M. Blunt
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The new American practical navigator: being an epitome of navigation, containing all the tables necessary ...
1802, Printed at Newburyport, Mass., 1802, by Edmund M. Blunt, for Cushing and Appleton, Salem : Sold by every book-seller, ship- chandler, and mathematical-instrument-maker in the United States and West Indies
in English - First edition.
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