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An attempt to develop the law of storms by means of facts : arranged according to place and time; and hence to point out a cause for the variable winds, with the view to practical use in navigation.
Reid, William, 1791-1858.Date: 1850
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The celebrated library of Harrison D. Horblit Esq, removed from Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Sotheby & Co. (London, England)Date: [1974-]
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Navigation: a compass, and details of its use. Coloured engraving.
Reference: 46688i
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Miscellany: British, 18th century
Date: 1756-c.1836Reference: MS.7642
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Ship-building: quadrant (top), and telegraph (below). Engraving by Turnbull.
Reference: 44515i
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Navigation: a man using a Jacob's staff (cross staff), various other measuring devices at his feet. Woodcut, 16--.
Reference: 46692i
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Astronomy: a diagram showing how to determine longitude. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.
Emslie, John, 1813-1875.Date: 1851Reference: 46554i
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Introdução à história dos descobrimentos / [Luís de Albuquerque].
Albuquerque, Luís de, 1917-1992.Date: 1962
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Navigation: several quadrants and a sextant. Engraving.
Reference: 46658i
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Specimina ichnographica: or, a brief narrative of several new inventions, and experiments; particularly, The navigating of a ship in a calm, the improvement of the engine to raise water by fire, a new method of drying malt &c. For all which his Majesty has lately been most graciously pleas'd to grant his Letters Patent to John Allen, M.D / [John Allen].
Allen, John, 1660?-1741.Date: 1730
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A complete collection of tables for navigation and nautical astronomy. With simple, concise, and accurate methods, for all the calculations useful at sea; particularly for deducing the longitude from lunar distances, and the latitude from two altitudes of the sun and the interval of time between the observations / By Joseph de Mendoza Rios.
Mendoza y Riós, José de, 1763-1816.Date: 1809
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Deliberationi astronomiche perpetue nel trovar con vero modo li giorni critici nell' infirmitadi humane, mediante l'uso di due Ruote, connessioni de' giudicii in quelle : Generali auertimenti nella Flebotomia, & applicationi: Natura, & andamenti delli segni Celesti, effetti nelle Congressioni, e mutue configurationi de' Pianeti, moto diurno loro, e natura. Modo facile per trovare a qualsivoglia hora il segno ascendente, necessario all' arti sì della Medicina, come del Navigare, & anco dell' Agricoltura, in questo libro inserte / Il tvtto descritto dal P.F. Francesco Manenti da Este.
Manenti, Francesco.Date: 1643
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Navigation: a cross-staff or cross-bow, and a sailor using the device. Drawing after Edmund Gunter, 1624.
Gunter, Edmund, 1581-1626.Reference: 46656i
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Arte del navigare / dell'eccel. dottor Pietro de Medina. ; Nella quale copiosamente si tratta tutto quello, che appartiene alla nauigatione, e sua cognitione. ; In oltre le regole, dichiartioni, noui secreti, & ausi necessarij al nauigare. Opera vtile, on solo à nauiganti, ma ancora à tutti quelli, che si dilettano di quest'arte. ; Di nouo ampliata, & corretta.
Medina, Pedro de, 1493?-1567?Date: 1609
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Navigation: a globe, and putti showing its use. Engraving.
Date: 1768Reference: 46685i
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Alexandre Yersin (1863-1943)
Yersin, Alexandre, 1863-1943Date: c.1892-1894Reference: MSS.8607-8608
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Physics: a magnetic compass, a horseshoe magnet, globes showing magnetic variation and telegraphic apparatus (below). Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1850, after himself.
Emslie, John, 1813-1875.Date: 10 December 1850Reference: 47567i
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Navigation: various navigational aids, including a quadrant and a sextant. Engraving by Barlow.
Reference: 46660i
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Navigation: a sextant, and detail of the cursor. Engraving, 1768.
Date: 1768Reference: 46683i
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Trigonometrie. Or, the doctrine of triangles: divided into two books. The first shewing the mensuration of right lined triangles: the second of spherical ... Both performed by that late and excellent invention of logarithms ... Whereunto is annexed (chiefly for the use of sea-men) a treatise of the application thereof in the three principal kinds of sailing. With exact tables of the suns declination ... and tables of the right ascension and declination of some eminent fixed stars ... Also other necessary tables used in navigation / [Richard Norwood].
Norwood, Richard, 1590?-1675.Date: 1661
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Civil engineering: a plan to improve the silted-up harbour at Rye, Kent. Engraving by Mutlow.
Reference: 44527i
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Physics: a dipping needle, for finding magnetic declension, with (below) various worms. Engraving by Barlow.
Reference: 47553i
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Physics: a magnet, used for range-finding [?], with diagrams of its operation. Engraving by Barlow.
Reference: 47554i
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Willebrordi Snellii à Royen. R.f. Tiphys Batavvs, sive histiodromice, de navium cursibus, et re navali / [Willebrord Snellius].
Snellius, Willebrord, 1580-1626.Date: 1624
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Astronomy: a diagram showing how to determine latitude. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.
Emslie, John, 1813-1875.Date: 1851Reference: 46555i

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An attempt to develop the law of storms by means of facts : arranged according to place and time; and hence to point out a cause for the variable winds, with the view to practical use in navigation.

The celebrated library of Harrison D. Horblit Esq, removed from Ridgefield, Connecticut.

Navigation: a compass, and details of its use. Coloured engraving.

Miscellany: British, 18th century

Ship-building: quadrant (top), and telegraph (below). Engraving by Turnbull.

Navigation: a man using a Jacob's staff (cross staff), various other measuring devices at his feet. Woodcut, 16--.

Astronomy: a diagram showing how to determine longitude. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.

Introdução à história dos descobrimentos / [Luís de Albuquerque].

Navigation: several quadrants and a sextant. Engraving.

Navigation: a cross-staff or cross-bow, and a sailor using the device. Drawing after Edmund Gunter, 1624.

Navigation: a globe, and putti showing its use. Engraving.

Alexandre Yersin (1863-1943)

Physics: a magnetic compass, a horseshoe magnet, globes showing magnetic variation and telegraphic apparatus (below). Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1850, after himself.

Navigation: various navigational aids, including a quadrant and a sextant. Engraving by Barlow.

Navigation: a sextant, and detail of the cursor. Engraving, 1768.

Civil engineering: a plan to improve the silted-up harbour at Rye, Kent. Engraving by Mutlow.

Physics: a dipping needle, for finding magnetic declension, with (below) various worms. Engraving by Barlow.

Physics: a magnet, used for range-finding [?], with diagrams of its operation. Engraving by Barlow.

Willebrordi Snellii à Royen. R.f. Tiphys Batavvs, sive histiodromice, de navium cursibus, et re navali / [Willebrord Snellius].

Astronomy: a diagram showing how to determine latitude. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.