Longitude - Early works to 1800
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A summary of the principles and scope of a method, humbly proposed, for finding the longitude at sea. By Christopher Irwin, Esq
Irwin, Christopher d. 1765.Date: 1760- E-books
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A proposal for discovering our longitude . By Jane Squire. = Proposition pour la decouverte de notre longitude. Par Jeanne Squire.
Squire, Jane 1671?-1743.Date: 1742- E-books
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An Act for rendering more effectual an Act made in the twelfth year of the reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for providing a publick reward for such persons as shall discover the longitude at sea, with regard to the making experiments of proposals made for discovering the longitude
Great BritainDate: 1765- E-books
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Some particulars relative to the discovery of the longitude mentioning several foreign premiums, and exactly narrating the particulars of the British acts of Parliament, respecting that affair. With a list of the present commissioners, &c.
Date: 1765- Books
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The seaman's companion : being a plain guide to the understanding of arithmetick, geometry, trigonometry, navigation, and astronomy. Applied chiefly to navigation: and furnished with a table of meridional parts, to every third minute: with excellent and easie ways of keeping a reckoning at sea, never in print before. Also, a catalogue of the longitude and latitude of the principal places in the world with other useful things. The third edition corrected and amended. By Matthew Norwood, mariner.
Norwood, MatthewDate: [1678]