A Complete Set of Nautical Tables: Containing All that are Requisite, with the Nautical Almanac, in Keeping a Ship's Reckoning at Sea, and in Ascertaining the Latitude and Longitude by Celestial Observations; Including a New, Accurate, and Extensive Table of the Latitudes and Longitudes of the Principal Ports, Harbours, Capes, Etc. in the World, with Several Other New and Improved Tables. To which is Prefixed, a Copious Explanation of the Tables; Likewise Astronomical Problems for Finding the Latitude ... and the Longitude ...

Published on: 1810
Page Count: 332 pages
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Categories: Nautical astronomy
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