An edition of Navigation improv'd (1728)

Navigation improv'd

being chiefly the method for finding the latitude at sea as well as by land, by taking any proper altitudes, together with the time between the observations : the whole made easy by a new trigonometrical rule : and the means how to refresh the air in the hold of a ship or of a Man of War, and how to measure the number of waves that pass under a ship during any given time in order to make a truer estimation of the ship's way and to have likewise thereby a sort of time-keeper

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Cover of: Navigation improv'd by Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier
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An edition of Navigation improv'd (1728)

Navigation improv'd

being chiefly the method for finding the latitude at sea as well as by land, by taking any proper altitudes, together with the time between the observations : the whole made easy by a new trigonometrical rule : and the means how to refresh the air in the hold of a ship or of a Man of War, and how to measure the number of waves that pass under a ship during any given time in order to make a truer estimation of the ship's way and to have likewise thereby a sort of time-keeper

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[s.n.]
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English
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12

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Latitude Early works to 1800 Navigation
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Cover of: Navigation improv'd
Navigation improv'd: being chiefly the method for finding the latitude at sea as well as by land, by taking any proper altitudes, together with the time between the observations : the whole made easy by a new trigonometrical rule : and the means how to refresh the air in the hold of a ship or of a Man of War, and how to measure the number of waves that pass under a ship during any given time in order to make a truer estimation of the ship's way and to have likewise thereby a sort of time-keeper
1728, [s.n.]
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Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy with note in Fatio's hand on the verso of the titlepage: "London June the 5th 1728. I shall be further willing, upon proper Encouragement, to go to Sea a short Voyage to demonstrate and teach the Method which I do here propose; As, for instance, a voyage to Gottenburg, Copenhagen, or Portugal. N. Facio."

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OL15934835W

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