Essays, mathematical and physical
Subtitle: containing new theories and illustrations of some very important and difficult subjects of the sciences
Publisher: Printed by Wm. W. Morse
Published: 1802
Place of publication: New-Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Mathematics -- Philosophy; Nautical astronomy; Celestial mechanics
Notes: Preface signed: J. Mansfield

Shaw & Shoemaker 866
Table of contents: title: Of negative quantities in algebra; title: Goniometrical properties; title: Nautical astronomy; title: Orbicular motion; title: Investigation of the loci; title: Fluxionary analysis; title: Theory of gunnery; title: Theory of the moon; title: Appendix: New tables for computing the latitude and longitude at sea, by means of double altitudes and lunar distances