The description and use of a portable instrument, vlugarly [sic] known by the name of Gunters quadrant : by which is perform'd most propositions in astronomy, as the altitude, azimuth, right ascention, and declination of the sun, &c. : also his rising, and setting and amplitude, together with the hour of the day or night, and other condusions exemplified at large : to which is added the use of Nepiars bones in multiplication, division, and extraction of roots, also the the nocturnal, the ring dial, and Gunters-line, in many necessary and delightful conclusions, fitted to the understanding of the meanest capacity : collected and digested into this portable volumn, for the use of young practitioners / by a true lover of the mathematicks.

  • Gunter, Edmund, 1581-1626
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1685
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London : Printed by T.B. for H. Sawbridge ..., 1685.

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2 unnumbered pages, 70 pages

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Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
Attributed to Edmund Gunter. cf. BM.

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Wing G2243

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 961:10) s1999 miun s

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