id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt A34005 Collins, John, 1625-1683. The sector on a quadrant, or A treatise containing the description and use of four several quadrants two small ones and two great ones, each rendred many wayes, both general and particular. Each of them accomodated for dyalling; for the resolving of all proportions instrumentally; and for the ready finding the hour and azimuth universally in the equal limbe. Of great use to seamen and practitioners in the mathematicks. Written by John Collins accountant philomath. Also An appendix touching reflected dyalling from a glass placed at any reclination. 1659 .xml application/xml 118021 38774 95 Each of them accomodated for dyalling; for the resolving of all proportions instrumentally; and for the ready finding the hour and azimuth universally in the equal limbe. Each of them accomodated for dyalling; for the resolving of all proportions instrumentally; and for the ready finding the hour and azimuth universally in the equal limbe. printed by J.M. for George Hurlock at Magnus Corner, Thomas Pierrepont, at the Sun in Pauls Church-yard; William Fisher, at the Postern near Tower-Hill, book-sellers; and Henry Sutton, mathematical instrument-maker, at his house in Thred-needle street, behind the Exchange. EEBO-TCP aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). ./cache/A34005.xml ./txt/A34005.txt