The new American practical navigator
Subtitle: being an epitome to navigation : containing all the tables necessary to be used with the Nautical Almanac, in determining the latitude and the longitude by lunar observations, and keeping a complete reckoning at sea illustrated by proper rules and examples : the whole exemplified in a journal, kept from Boston to Madeira, in which all the rules of navigation are introduced : also the demonstration of the most useful rules of trigonometry : with many useful problems in mensuration, surveying and guaging, and a dictionary of sea-terms, with the manner of performing the most common evolution at sea : to which are added, some general instructions and information relative to maritime laws and mercantile customs from the best authorities : enriched with a number of new tables, with original improvements and additions
By: by Nathanial Bowditch
Edition: 1st ed
Series: Landmarks II, monographs
Publisher: E.M. Blunt for Cushing & Appleton
Published: 1802
Place of publication: Newburyport, Mass
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Navigation; Nautical astronomy
Notes: Microfiche. New Canaan, CT : Readex. microfiches. (Landmarks II, monographs)