Trigonometrie: or, The doctrine of triangles
Subtitle: divided into two books. The first shewing the mensuration of right lined triangles: the second of spherical, with the grounds and demonstrations thereof. Both performed by that late and excellent invention of logarithms ... Whereunto is annexed (chiefly for the use of seamen) a treatise of the application thereof ... With exact tables of the suns declination, newly calculated: and tables of the right ascension and declination of some eminent fixed stars, with the true times of the coming to the meridian at four of the clock in the morning, fitted for the present season, and may serve for many years without any alteration. Also other necessary tables used in navigation. By Richard Norwood, reader of the mathematicks. This eight edition being diligently corrected, in divers difficult places explained; new tables of the stars right ascensions and declinations added, and the whole work very much enlarged, by author himself
Contributors: Samuel Johnson and William Samuel Johnson Libraries (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Publisher: printed by R[ichard]. W[ebster]. for William Fisher, at the Postern near Tower-Hill, T. Passenger, at the three Bibles on London-Bridge, and R. Smith, at the sign of the Bible in Cornhill
Published: 1685
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Trigonometry; Tables; Early works to 1800; Navigation; Logarithms
Other titles: Doctrine of triangles
Notes: Printer's name from Wing.

Signatures: A-2Y⁴.

Rare Book (Plimpton) copy: Only [15] unnumbered pages at end.

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), N1377

English short title catalogue, R1782

Gift; Johnson family; 1914.