Longitudinis inventæ explicatio non longa, or, Fixing the volatilised, and taking time on tiptoe, briefly explain'd by which rules are given to find the longitude at sea by, as truly and exactly as the latitude is found by the star in the tayle of Ursa Minor, call'd the Pole-star / by S.F. ...

A new & correct sea chart of the whole world [cartographic material] shewing the variations of the compass as they were found Año 1700 with a view of the generall and coasting trade winds and monsoons or shifting trade-winds /

Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742.

World map showing wind directions and degrees of variations.; In upper left corner: Vol.1. Plate 2 p...

Ancient Declinations and Precession

Dennis W. Duke

April 2015

In Almagest 7.3 Ptolemy lists the declinations of 18 stars from the time of Timocharis and Aristyllo...

Ptolemy’s Theories of the Latitude of the Planets in the Almagest, Handy Tables, and Planetary Hypotheses

Swerdlow, N. M.

July 2005

The theory of planetary latitude in Book 13 of the Almagest is known, if at all, for its complexity....

Idea longitudinis being a brief definition of the best known axioms for finding the longitude, or a more rational discovery thereof, than hath been heretofore published / by Edward Harrison ...

Harrison, Edward.

January 1696

[16], 83 p.Errata: p. 83.Imperfect: print show-through.Reproduction of original in the British Libra...

The theory and practice of finding the longitude at sea or land: to which are added, various methods of determining the latitude of a place, and variation of the compass; with new tables.

Mackay, Andrew, 1760-1809.

January 1809

Mode of access: Internet.Imperfect: plates III-IV (fronts.?) lacking; part of pl. V torn off

The longitude not found, or, An answer to a treatise written by Henry Bond, Senior, shewing a way to find the longitude by the magnetical inclinatory needle wherein is proved that the longitude is not, nor cannot be found by the magnetical inclinatory needle / by Peter Blackborrow, Gent.

Blackborow, Peter.

January 1678

[8], 78 [i.e. 72] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill."Licensed March 14, 1677/8. Ro. L'Estrange"Reproduc...

Longomontanus’ Model for the Longitudes of Mars

Carman, Christian Carlos

June 2020

When at the beginning of 1600, Kepler arrived to work with Tycho Brahe, Longomontanus, Tycho’s princ...

Finding Longitude: How Ships, Clocks and Stars helped solve the Longitude Problem

Higgitt, Rebekah F.
Dunn, Richard

November 2014

A tale of eighteenth-century invention and competition, commerce and conflict, this is a lively, ill...

The theory and practice of finding the longitude at sea or land: to which are added, various methods of determining the latitude of a place, and variation of the compass : with new tables

Mackay, Andrew

January 1810

by Andrew MackayBd. 1: XVI, 365 S., [1] Bl. ; Bd. 2: VIII, 394 S., 8 Falttafeln, Paginierungsfehler:...

The longitude found, or, A treatise shewing an easie and speedy way, as well by night as by day, to find the longitude, having but the latitude of the place and the inclination of the magnetical inclinatorie needle by Henry Bond ...

Bond, Henry.

January 1676

[14], 65 p., 7 leaves of plates : ill."Printed by the Kings Majesties special command"Reproduction o...

A marvellous connection: Longomontanus’ battle with the latitudes of Mars

Recio, Gonzalo Luis

November 2020

This paper deals with Longomontanus’ theory of latitudes of Mars, as it is extant in his Astronomia ...

The mariner's compass rectified. Containing tables, shewing the true hour of the day ... With tables of amplitudes. Which tables of sun-dials [etc.] are calculated from the equator to 60 degrees of latitude ... With the description and use of those instruments most in practice in the art of navigation. Also a table of latitude and longitudes of places.

Wakely, Andrew.
Bayly, William, 1737-1810.
Wales, William, 1734?-1798.
Mountaine, William, d. 1779.
Atkinson, James.

January 1780

"Observations of the moon's distance from the sun and stars, made by Messrs. W. Wales ... and W. Bay...

Azimuth and hour angle for latitude and declination; or, Tables for finding azimuth at sea by means of the hour angle, in all navigable latitudes, at every two degrees of declination between the limits of the zodiac, whenever sun, moon, planet, or known star be observed at a convenient distance from the zenith. Together with a great circle sailing table to tenths, with arguments to every 20.

Shortrede, Robert, 1800-1868.

"Example for latitude 480": slip inserted between p. viii and ix.Added t.-p. in French. Text in Engl...

The Error in Longitude in Ptolemy’s Geography

Shcheglov, Dmitry

January 2015

It is well known that all longitudes in Ptolemy’s Geography are cumulatively overestimated, so that ...

Far-reaching Hellenistic geographical knowledge hidden in Ptolemy's data

Russo, Lucio

February 2016

The paper summarizes and discusses the main theses exposed in a previous book (L' America dimenticat...

A new & correct sea chart of the whole world [cartographic material] shewing the variations of the compass as they were found Año 1700 with a view of the generall and coasting trade winds and monsoons or shifting trade-winds /

Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742.

World map showing wind directions and degrees of variations.; In upper left corner: Vol.1. Plate 2 p...

Ancient Declinations and Precession

Dennis W. Duke

April 2015

In Almagest 7.3 Ptolemy lists the declinations of 18 stars from the time of Timocharis and Aristyllo...

Ptolemy’s Theories of the Latitude of the Planets in the Almagest, Handy Tables, and Planetary Hypotheses

Swerdlow, N. M.

July 2005

The theory of planetary latitude in Book 13 of the Almagest is known, if at all, for its complexity....

Idea longitudinis being a brief definition of the best known axioms for finding the longitude, or a more rational discovery thereof, than hath been heretofore published / by Edward Harrison ...

Harrison, Edward.

January 1696

[16], 83 p.Errata: p. 83.Imperfect: print show-through.Reproduction of original in the British Libra...

The theory and practice of finding the longitude at sea or land: to which are added, various methods of determining the latitude of a place, and variation of the compass; with new tables.

Mackay, Andrew, 1760-1809.

January 1809

Mode of access: Internet.Imperfect: plates III-IV (fronts.?) lacking; part of pl. V torn off

The longitude not found, or, An answer to a treatise written by Henry Bond, Senior, shewing a way to find the longitude by the magnetical inclinatory needle wherein is proved that the longitude is not, nor cannot be found by the magnetical inclinatory needle / by Peter Blackborrow, Gent.

Blackborow, Peter.

January 1678

[8], 78 [i.e. 72] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill."Licensed March 14, 1677/8. Ro. L'Estrange"Reproduc...

Longomontanus’ Model for the Longitudes of Mars

Carman, Christian Carlos

June 2020

When at the beginning of 1600, Kepler arrived to work with Tycho Brahe, Longomontanus, Tycho’s princ...

Finding Longitude: How Ships, Clocks and Stars helped solve the Longitude Problem

Higgitt, Rebekah F.
Dunn, Richard

November 2014

A tale of eighteenth-century invention and competition, commerce and conflict, this is a lively, ill...

The theory and practice of finding the longitude at sea or land: to which are added, various methods of determining the latitude of a place, and variation of the compass : with new tables

Mackay, Andrew

January 1810

by Andrew MackayBd. 1: XVI, 365 S., [1] Bl. ; Bd. 2: VIII, 394 S., 8 Falttafeln, Paginierungsfehler:...

The longitude found, or, A treatise shewing an easie and speedy way, as well by night as by day, to find the longitude, having but the latitude of the place and the inclination of the magnetical inclinatorie needle by Henry Bond ...

Bond, Henry.

January 1676

[14], 65 p., 7 leaves of plates : ill."Printed by the Kings Majesties special command"Reproduction o...

A marvellous connection: Longomontanus’ battle with the latitudes of Mars

Recio, Gonzalo Luis

November 2020

This paper deals with Longomontanus’ theory of latitudes of Mars, as it is extant in his Astronomia ...

The mariner's compass rectified. Containing tables, shewing the true hour of the day ... With tables of amplitudes. Which tables of sun-dials [etc.] are calculated from the equator to 60 degrees of latitude ... With the description and use of those instruments most in practice in the art of navigation. Also a table of latitude and longitudes of places.

Wakely, Andrew.
Bayly, William, 1737-1810.
Wales, William, 1734?-1798.
Mountaine, William, d. 1779.
Atkinson, James.

January 1780

"Observations of the moon's distance from the sun and stars, made by Messrs. W. Wales ... and W. Bay...

Azimuth and hour angle for latitude and declination; or, Tables for finding azimuth at sea by means of the hour angle, in all navigable latitudes, at every two degrees of declination between the limits of the zodiac, whenever sun, moon, planet, or known star be observed at a convenient distance from the zenith. Together with a great circle sailing table to tenths, with arguments to every 20.

Shortrede, Robert, 1800-1868.

"Example for latitude 480": slip inserted between p. viii and ix.Added t.-p. in French. Text in Engl...

The Error in Longitude in Ptolemy’s Geography

Shcheglov, Dmitry

January 2015

It is well known that all longitudes in Ptolemy’s Geography are cumulatively overestimated, so that ...

Far-reaching Hellenistic geographical knowledge hidden in Ptolemy's data

Russo, Lucio

February 2016

The paper summarizes and discusses the main theses exposed in a previous book (L' America dimenticat...

A new & correct sea chart of the whole world [cartographic material] shewing the variations of the compass as they were found Año 1700 with a view of the generall and coasting trade winds and monsoons or shifting trade-winds /

Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742.

World map showing wind directions and degrees of variations.; In upper left corner: Vol.1. Plate 2 p...

Ancient Declinations and Precession

Dennis W. Duke

April 2015

In Almagest 7.3 Ptolemy lists the declinations of 18 stars from the time of Timocharis and Aristyllo...

Ptolemy’s Theories of the Latitude of the Planets in the Almagest, Handy Tables, and Planetary Hypotheses

Swerdlow, N. M.

July 2005

The theory of planetary latitude in Book 13 of the Almagest is known, if at all, for its complexity....

Longitudinis inventæ explicatio non longa, or, Fixing the volatilised, and taking time on tiptoe, briefly explain'd by which rules are given to find the longitude at sea by, as truly and exactly as the latitude is found by the star in the tayle of Ursa Minor, call'd the Pole-star / by S.F. ...

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