The mariners magazine, stor'd with these mathematical arts
Subtitle: 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. Also with tables of logarithms, and tables of the suns declination; of the latitude and longitude, right ascension and declination of the most notable fixed stars; of the latitude and longitude of places; of meridional parts. Whereunto are annexed, an abridgment of the penalties and forfeitures, by acts of Parliament, relating to the customs, and to navigation. And, a compendium of fortification. By Capt. Samuel Sturmy
Contributors: Colson, John, 1680-1760
Edition: The third edition, diligently revised and carefully corrected, by John Colson, teacher of the mathematicks in London
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 2099:4
Publisher: printed by John Playford, for W. Fisher and R. Mount at the Postern-Gate near Tower-Hill; R. Boulter at the Turks-head in Cornhill; T. Passinger, at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge; R. Smith, at the Bible in the Piazza under the Exchange; and R. Northcot, next St. Peter's Alley in Cornhill, and at the Anchor and Mariner on Fish-Street-Hill
Published: 1684
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Navigation -- Early works to 1800; Surveying -- Early works to 1800; Gunnery -- Early works to 1800; Fireworks -- Early works to 1800; Sundials -- Early works to 1800; Spherical astronomy -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800
Other titles: Mariners magazine; Constant kalendar: or An almanack; Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts; Mariner's magazine, or, Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts; Compendium of fortification; Canon triagulorum logarithmicus; Chiliades decem logarithmorum
Notes: With an added engraved title page

Title page in red and black

"A constant kalendar: or an almanack", "Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts. The fifth book", "The mariner's magazine, .. The seventh book", "A compendium of fortification", "Canon triangulorum logarithmicus", and "Chiliades decem logarithmorum" have separate dated title pages, all dated 1683 except for the "Chiliades", which is dated 1684; the other books are headed by caption titles. "Canon triangulorum" and "Chiliades" are unpaginated and have a separate register from the preceding text

Illustrated with compasses, tables and geometric diagrams

Reproduction of the original in the British Library

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) S6098

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1991. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. 35mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2099:04).