Title: The mariner's magazine :
Authors: Sturmy, Samuel,; Colson, John,; Cross, Thomas,; Staynred, Philip.; Briggs, Henry,; Kane, Grenville,
Date: 1679
Publisher: Printed by Anne Godbid for William Fisher ... ; Edward Thomas ... ; Robert Boulter ... ; Thomas Passinger ... ; Ralph Smith ... ; and Richard Northcot ... ,
Physical description: [34], 200, [6], 143 [i.e.153], [53], 11, [3], 13, [1] p. (p. [14] (5th count) blank), [13] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps, port. ; 30 cm. (fol.)
Language: English
LC classification: V
Contents: (from t.p.) The rudiments of navigation and geometry -- The making and use of divers mathematical instruments -- The doctrine of triangles, plain and spherical -- The art of navigation, by the plain-chart, Mercator's chart, and the arch of a great circle -- The art of surveying, gauging, and measuring. Gunnery and artificial fire-works -- The rudiments of astronomy -- The art of dialling.
Notes: Signatures: [pi]1 (engraved), A⁴, a-c⁴, B-Cc⁴, Aaa⁴ (Aaa1 + aaa²) Bbb-Ttt⁴ Uuu², (a)-(m)² (n)-(p)⁴. Pages 152-153 (2nd count) misnumbered 142-143. Added illustrated t.p., with title 'The mariners magazine, or, Sturmys mathematicall and practicall arts,' engraved by Thomas Cross. 'Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts. The fifth[-seventh] book ... ' ([6], 143 [i.e. 153] p. (2nd count)), 'Canon triangulorum logarithmicus' and 'Chiliades decem logarithmorum ... first composed by ... Mr. Henry Briggs ... ' (p. [2]-[49] (3rd count)), 'A summary of ... several acts of Parliament relating to customs and navigation ... ' ([4], 11 p. (4th count)) and 'A compendium of fortification ... written by Philip Staynred ... ' ([3], 13 p. (5th count)) have special t.p.'s with Andrew or Mary Clark imprint, dated 1676-1678. Four plates have volvelles.
Subject headings (LCSH): Dialing--Early works to 1800.; Fireworks--Early works to 1800.; Naval gunnery--Early works to 1800.; Navigation--Early works to 1800; Spherical astronomy--Early works to 1800; Surveying--Early works to 1800