The advancement of the art of navigation, in two parts. The first, shewing by a new canon of sines, tangents, and secants, how to resolve all cases of right-lined triangles, only by looking into the tables, without any calculation. Particularly applied to all the three kinds of sailing; viz. By the plain-chart. By mercater's chart. By a great circle. And to the art of surveying. The second part. Shewing several observations, for the better ordering the logline, and for the more exact and ready measuring, not only minutes, but seconds of time; with some new experiments for the more constant finding of a ship's way.

All titles

• The advancement of the art of navigation, in two parts. The first, shewing by a new canon of sines, tangents, and secants, how to resolve all cases of right-lined triangles, only by looking into the tables, without any calculation. Particularly applied to all the three kinds of sailing; viz. By the plain-chart. By mercater's chart. By a great circle. And to the art of surveying. The second part. Shewing several observations, for the better ordering the logline, and for the more exact and ready measuring, not only minutes, but seconds of time; with some new experiments for the more constant finding of a ship's way.
• Seamans canon of triangles Brief canon of triangles

People / Organizations

• Henry Phillippes (Author)

Imprint

London: Printed by J. Gain for W. Fisher, at the Postern near Tower-Hill. Tho. Passenger on London-Bridge: and R. Smith under the Royal Exchange in Cornhil, 1685.

Publication year

1685-1685

ESTC No.

R33402

Grub Street ID

116022

Description

[4], 124, [124], 22, [4] p. : ill. ; 4⁰

Note

Each part has a separate title page, dated 1685; the register is continuous through parts 2 to 4; Includes: "The seamans canon of triangles", "A brief canon of triangles" and "The advancement of the art of navigation, the second part".

The unpaginated leaves contain the tables.