A complete epitome of practical navigation : containing all necessary instruction for keeping a ship's reckoning at sea, with the most approved methods of ascertaining the latitude by meridian, single, or double altitudes; and the longitude by chronometers, or lunar observations; including a journal of a voyage from London to Madeira, and every other particular requisite to form the complete navigator; the whole being rendered perfectly easy, and illustrated by several engravings. To which is added a correct and extensive set of tables, preceded by a copious explanation of each tables /
John William Norie (1772-1843)
Category
Books
Date
1835
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3207083
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii, 328, xliv, 360 p., plates : ill., diagrams, tables ; 22cm. Calculations in pencil on endpapers. Plate on upper pastedown: "Stebbing, optician and mathematical instrument maker ...". No ownership marks. Binding: Nineteenth-century full sprinkled sheep, sewn on three recessed cords. Gilt fillet on board edges. Edges dyed bright yellow. Spine split in several places, text-block loose. Head of spine damaged.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
John William Norie (1772-1843)