catholique planisphær which Mr. Blagrave calleth the mathematical jewel
Subtitle: briefly and plainly discribed in five books. The first shewing the making of the instrument, the rest shewing the manifold vse of it, 1. for representing several projections of the sphere, 2. for resolving all spherical triangles, 3. for resolving all problems of the sphere, astronomical, astrological, and geographical, 4. for making all sorts of dials both without doors and within upon any walls, cielings, or floores, be they never so irregular, where-so-ever the direct or reflected beams of the sun may come : all which are to be done by this instrument with wonderous ease and delight : a treatise very usefull for marriners and for all ingenious men who love the arts mathematical
By: by John Palmer ... ; hereunto is added a brief description of the CROS-STAF and a catalogue of eclipses observed by the same I.P.
Publisher: Printed by Joseph Moxon ...
Published: 1658
Place of publication: London
Subjects: Astronomy.; Planispheres.; Eclipses.