 | Robert Watt - English literature - 1824 - 720 pages
...Mathematician, was born at London, 1732; died 1811. — British Mariner'i Guide ; containing Complete and Easy Instructions for the Discovery of the Longitude...by Observations of 'the distance of the Moon from Sun and Stars; taken with Hadley's Quadrant: yta which are added, an Appendix, containing a variety... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 440 pages
...took place February 9th, 1811. He was the author of the British Mariner's Guide; containing complete and easy instructions for the discovery of the longitude at sea and land, 1763, 4tp. ; and Astronomical Observations made at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, 1784-88, 3 vols.... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 608 pages
...Transactions. He died in 1811. He was the author of the British Mariner's Guide, containing complete and easy instructions for the discovery of the longitude at sea and land (17(J3, 4to.); and Astronomical Observations made at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich ( 1784 —... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain). Library - Library catalogs - 1839 - 816 pages
...natural versed sines, and logarithms of numbers. 8° London. . The British mariner's guide, containing instructions for the discovery of the longitude at sea and land, within a degree, to which are added an appendix containing rules tending to the improvement of practical navigation,... | |
 | Frederick Robert Augustus Glover - Clergy - 1840 - 346 pages
...Eminent Astronomer and Mathematician. Born 1732; died 1811. British Mariner's Guide ; containing Complete and Easy Instructions for the Discovery of the Longitude...Observations of the distance of the Moon from the Sun and Stars, taken with Hadley's Quadrant : to which are added, an Appendix, containing a variety... | |
 | Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - Art - 1841 - 490 pages
...Transactions. He died in 1811. He was the author of the British Mariner's Guide, containing complete and easy instructions for the discovery of the longitude at sea and land (17u'3, 4to); and Astronomical Observations made at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich (1784 — 88,... | |
 | Jean-Charles Houzeau, Albert Lancaster - Astrology - 1889 - 906 pages
...determining longitude. 8«, London, 1761. 10453 MASKELYNE, N The British mariner's guide, containing complete and easy instructions for the discovery of the longitude at sea and land. 4°, London, 1763; 150 pages. Cet ouvrage a grandement contribué à répandre la méthode des distances... | |
 | Jennifer Speake - Travel - 2003 - 566 pages
...2001. Maskelyne, Nevil, The British Mariner's Guide: Containing Complete and Easy Instructions for Discovery of the Longitude at Sea and Land within...Observations of the Distance of the Moon from the Sun and Stars, Taken from Hadley's Quadrant: To Which Are Added, an Appendix, Containing a Variety... | |
 | Alan Gurney - History - 2007 - 338 pages
...his tables were incorporated by Dr. Maskelyne into The British Mariners Guide (Containing Complete and Easy Instructions For The Discovery of the LONGITUDE...and Land, within a Degree, by Observations of the Difference of the Moon from the Sun and Stars, taken with HADLET'S Quadrant ... by NEVIL MASKELYNE,... | |
| |
The British mariner's guide. Containing, complete and easy Instructions for the discovery of the longitude at sea and land, within a degree, by observations of the distance of the moon from the sun and stars, taken with Hadley's quadrant. 