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A new and easy method of finding the latitude on sea or land : having two altitudes of the sun and the time elapsed between the two observations, measured by a watch or other time-keeper

Title
A new and easy method of finding the latitude on sea or land : having two altitudes of the sun and the time elapsed between the two observations, measured by a watch or other time-keeper / by Samuel Dunn ...
Author
Dunn, Samuel, -1794.
Publication
London : Printed, for the author, 1778.

Details

Description
20, [2] p., [1] folded leaf of plates; 24 cm. (8vo)
Subject
Latitude
Note
  • Plate, numbered 14 to follow p. 128, is identical to plate 14 in Dunn's Theory and practice of the longitude at sea.
  • Author's advertisement as a teacher: p. [21].
  • With: The theory and practice of the longitude at sea / by Samuel Dunn ... London : Printed for the author and sold by him ..., 1778.
Call Number
VXC p.v. 72, no. 6
OCLC
16269502
Author
Dunn, Samuel, -1794.
Title
A new and easy method of finding the latitude on sea or land : having two altitudes of the sun and the time elapsed between the two observations, measured by a watch or other time-keeper / by Samuel Dunn ...
Imprint
London : Printed, for the author, 1778.
Research Call Number
VXC p.v. 72, no. 6
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