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The mariner's compass rectified : containing tables, shewing the true hour of the day ... with the true time of the rising and setting of the sun and stars ... : and tables of amplitude ... : with the description and use of those instruments most in use in the art of navigation

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1735.
Call number: 717668
Creator: Wakely, Andrew(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 18 cm (8vo)
Associated people: Atkinson, James,; Bond, Henry.
Associated organization: Burndy Library,
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