Moore, John Hamilton d. 1807.

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A new and complete collection of voyages and travels containing all that have been remarkable from the earliest period to the present time; ... By John Hamilton Moore, ... Assisted by several persons who have made the subjects of voyages and travels their particular study. Embellished with the most superb and elegant set of copper-plates, maps, charts, plans, &c.
Moore, John Hamilton d. 1807.Date: 1785
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The seaman's complete daily assistant, and new mariner's compass: being an easy method of keeping a journal at sea. Containing [r]ules for working the case in plane, middle latitude, and mercator's sailing, by the table of difference of latitude and departure. The method to find the latitude, longitude, and variation of the compass; how allowances are to be made for Leeway, variation, heave of the sea, setting of the current, and to correct the dead reckening by an observation, for a single day or many; with all the tables requisite to be used at sea. The whole examplified in journal from the Lizard to the Island of St. Mary's, and every day's work pricked off upon a mercator's chart. To which is prefixed A short and easy treatise on arithmetic: containing the necessary rules of common arithmetic, decimal fractions, the extraction of the square and cube roots, with their use in measuring all kinds of boards, planks, cases, casks, bales and packages, usually taken on board. The guaging of casks, and finding a ship's tonnage, worked by figures, Gunter's scale and logarithms. Likewise the methods of keeping a ship's accounts, disbursements, the forms of cargo-books, receipts for wages, invoice and manisest of goods, bills of parcels and letters of credit. The whole rendered so plain, that any person may gain a sufficient knowledge of the above by their own application, without any other assistance. To this edition is added, The use of Hadley's quadrant, and mercator's chart, with many valuable improvements. By John Hamilton Moore, teacher of Navigation, hydrographer and chart-seller to His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence.
Moore, John Hamilton d. 1807.Date: 1792
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The new practical navigator Being an epitome of navigation, containing the different methods of working the lunar observations, and all the requisite tables used with the nautical almanac, in determining the latitude and longitude, and keeping a complete reckoning at sea; illustrated by proper rules and examples; the whole exemplified in a journal kept from England to the island of Teneriffe: also, the substance of that examination, every candidate for a commission in the Royal navy, and officer in the Honourable East India Company's service, must pass through, previous to their being appointed: this, with the sea terms, are particularly recommended to the attention of all young gentlemen designed for, or belonging to the sea. So that this book, and the nautical almanac, will be found fully sufficient for the seaman and teacher's use, and is rendered easy to any common capacity. The twelfth edition, constructed on a new plan, and illustrated with copper-plates. By John Hamilton Moore, teacher of navigation, hydrographer and chart-seller to His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence.
Moore, John Hamilton d. 1807.Date: 1796
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The new practical navigator being an epitome of navigation; containing the different methods of working the lunar observations, and all the requisite tables used with the nautical almanac, in determining the latitude and longitude; and keeping a complete reckoning at sea: illustrated by proper rules and examples: the whole exemplified in a journal kept from England to the island of Teneriffe ... The first American, from the thirteenth English edition of John Hamilton Moore. Improved by the introduction of several new tables, and by large additions to the forme tables, and revised and corrected by a skilful mathematician and navigator. Illustrated with copper-plates. To which are added, some general instructions and information to merchants, masters of vessels, and others concerned in navigation, relative to the mercantile and maritime laws and customs.
Moore, John Hamilton d. 1807.Date: 1800
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Trial of John Hamilton Moore for pirating a chart. Sittings after term, March 1798, before Lord Kenyon and a Special Jury of Merchants. Guildhall, London. Heather and Williams, v. John Hamilton Moore
Moore, John Hamilton d. 1807.Date: 1798