The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 16. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1858 |
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... published in the year 1545 , -one by Pedro de Medina , and the other by Martin Cortes , -which contained a com- plete system of the art , as far as it was then known . These seem to have been the oldest writers who fully handled the art ...
... published in the year 1545 , -one by Pedro de Medina , and the other by Martin Cortes , -which contained a com- plete system of the art , as far as it was then known . These seem to have been the oldest writers who fully handled the art ...
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... published by Purchas in 1607 , from which time it became famous , and was much taken notice of by almost all writers on naviga- tion in every country . It still continues to be used as at first , although many attempts have been made to ...
... published by Purchas in 1607 , from which time it became famous , and was much taken notice of by almost all writers on naviga- tion in every country . It still continues to be used as at first , although many attempts have been made to ...
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... published by Simon Stevin for the use of Prince Maurice . In the portion of the work relating to navigation , the au- thor treated of sailing on a great circle , and showed how to draw the rhumbs on a globe mechanically ; he also set ...
... published by Simon Stevin for the use of Prince Maurice . In the portion of the work relating to navigation , the au- thor treated of sailing on a great circle , and showed how to draw the rhumbs on a globe mechanically ; he also set ...
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... published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1714 ( No. 388 ) . It is , moreover , added in Gunter's book , that ifth of this divi- sion , which does not sensibly differ from the logarithmic tangent of 45 ° 1 ' 30 ' , with the radius ...
... published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1714 ( No. 388 ) . It is , moreover , added in Gunter's book , that ifth of this divi- sion , which does not sensibly differ from the logarithmic tangent of 45 ° 1 ' 30 ' , with the radius ...
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... published in 1851 , gives the Severn . 1 The writer has found , that in all cases the heaping up of the water increases with the rise of tide , being greatest in spring and least in neap tides ; as will be seen from the following ...
... published in 1851 , gives the Severn . 1 The writer has found , that in all cases the heaping up of the water increases with the rise of tide , being greatest in spring and least in neap tides ; as will be seen from the following ...
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