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The description and use of the sector, crosse-staffe, and other instruments : with a canon of artificiall sines and tangents ... and the use thereof in astronomie, navigation, dialling, and fortification, &c.

Title
The description and use of the sector, crosse-staffe, and other instruments : with a canon of artificiall sines and tangents ... and the use thereof in astronomie, navigation, dialling, and fortification, &c. / by Edm. Gunter.
Author
Gunter, Edmund, 1581-1626.
Publication
London : Printed by William Iones, for Iames Bowler ..., 1636.

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Description
[16], 163, [1], 266, 75 [i.e. 71], [114] p., [4] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill.; 19 cm.
Subject
  • Mathematical instruments > Early works to 1800
  • Navigation > Early works to 1800
  • Logarithms > Early works to 1800
  • Astronomical instruments > Early works to 1800
  • Dialing > Early works to 1800
Note
  • Earlier editions published in 1623 and 1624.
  • Added, engraved t.p.
  • "The generall use of the canon and table of logarithmes" (75 [i.e. 71] p.) has nos. 57-58, 65-66 omitted in paging.
  • "The first thousand logarithmes now againe set forth by the authour, Henrie Briggs ...": p. [99]-[114] (last group).
Call Number
Map Div. 99-6646 (Atlas cases)
OCLC
13264734
Author
Gunter, Edmund, 1581-1626.
Title
The description and use of the sector, crosse-staffe, and other instruments : with a canon of artificiall sines and tangents ... and the use thereof in astronomie, navigation, dialling, and fortification, &c. / by Edm. Gunter.
Imprint
London : Printed by William Iones, for Iames Bowler ..., 1636.
Edition
The 2nd ed. much augm.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 99-6646 (Atlas cases)
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