An edition of The vvorks of Edmund Gunter (1680)

The vvorks of Edmund Gunter

containing the description and use of the sector, cross-staff, bow, quadrant, and other instruments. With a canon of artificial sines and tangents to a radius of 10.00000 parts, and the logarithms from an unite to 10000: the uses whereof are illustrated in the practice of arithmetick, geometry, astronomy, navigation, dialling, and fortification. And some questions in navigation added by Mr. Henry Bond, teacher of mathematics in Ratcliff, near London. To which is added, the description and use of another sector and quadrant, both of them invented by Mr. Sam. Foster, late professor of astronomy in Gresham Colledge, London, furnished with more lines, and differing from those of Mr. Gunters both in form and manner of working. The sixth edition, diligently corrected, and divers necessary things and matters (pertinent thereunto) added, throughout the whole work, not before printed. By William Leybourn, philomath

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An edition of The vvorks of Edmund Gunter (1680)

The vvorks of Edmund Gunter

containing the description and use of the sector, cross-staff, bow, quadrant, and other instruments. With a canon of artificial sines and tangents to a radius of 10.00000 parts, and the logarithms from an unite to 10000: the uses whereof are illustrated in the practice of arithmetick, geometry, astronomy, navigation, dialling, and fortification. And some questions in navigation added by Mr. Henry Bond, teacher of mathematics in Ratcliff, near London. To which is added, the description and use of another sector and quadrant, both of them invented by Mr. Sam. Foster, late professor of astronomy in Gresham Colledge, London, furnished with more lines, and differing from those of Mr. Gunters both in form and manner of working. The sixth edition, diligently corrected, and divers necessary things and matters (pertinent thereunto) added, throughout the whole work, not before printed. By William Leybourn, philomath

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printed for Francis Eglesfield at the Marigold in St. Paul's Churchyard
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English
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156

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The vvorks of Edmund Gunter: containing the description and use of the sector, cross-staff, bow, quadrant, and other instruments. With a canon of artificial sines and tangents to a radius of 10.00000 parts, and the logarithms from an unite to 10000: the uses whereof are illustrated in the practice of arithmetick, geometry, astronomy, navigation, dialling, and fortification. And some questions in navigation added by Mr. Henry Bond, teacher of mathematics in Ratcliff, near London. To which is added, the description and use of another sector and quadrant, both of them invented by Mr. Sam. Foster, late professor of astronomy in Gresham Colledge, London, furnished with more lines, and differing from those of Mr. Gunters both in form and manner of working. The sixth edition, diligently corrected, and divers necessary things and matters (pertinent thereunto) added, throughout the whole work, not before printed. By William Leybourn, philomath
1680, printed for Francis Eglesfield at the Marigold in St. Paul's Churchyard
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With an additional engraved title page: The works of that famous mathematician Mr. Edmund Gunter

With a half-title: The vvorks of Edmund Gunter

With a final advertisement leaf

Imperfect. Lacking "The sector altered", "The cross-staff", "The

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library

Wing (2nd ed.) G2242

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1987. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 1778:20).

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Early English Books, 1641-1700 -- 1778:20
Other Titles
Works of Edmund Gunter, Works of that famous mathematician Mr. Edmund Gunter, Sector altered; and other scales added

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[8], 156 p., 2 folded leaves of plates
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156

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OL15421469M

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