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Naval art and science - Early works to 1800

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    The seamans new kalendar, of the sun, moon, and fixed stars Being a necessary tutor. Furnish'd with such precepts in arthmetick, geometry, trigonometry, geography, &c. As are requisite for a seaman to know. With the desciption and use of such instruments and tables as are useful at sea, both for observation and operation. Also an introduction to the art of navigation exemplified in three kinds of recti-lineal sailing viz. plain, mercator, middle latitude. By William Leybourn, Philomath.

    Leybourn, William, 1626-1716. | Date: MDCCVI. [1706]
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    An address to the public , from the Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture. Instituted 14th April, 1791.

    Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture | Date: 1791?]
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    Matters of fact , Relating to the navy, Truely stated.

    Clarke, George, 1661-1736. | Date: 1705
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    An address to the public , from the Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture. Instituted 14th April, 1791.

    Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture | Date: 1791?]

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