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| A75737 | Aspley, John. | Speculum nauticum A looking-glasse for sea-men. Wherein they may behold, how by a small instrument, called the plain-scale, all nautical questions, and astronomical propositions, are very easily and demonstratively performed. First set down by John Aspley, student in physick, and practitioner of the mathematicks in London. The sixth edition. Whereunto are added, many new propositions in navigation and astronomy, and also a third book, shewing a new way of dialling. By H.P. and W.L. | 1662 | 19416 | 6021 | nan | ./cache/A75737.xml | ./txt/A75737.txt |
| A35744 | Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676. | Mr. De Sargues Universal way of dyaling, or, Plain and easie directions for placing the axeltree and marking the hours in sun-dyals, after the French, Italian, Babylonian, and Jewish manner together with the manner of drawing the lines of the signs, of finding out the height of the sun above the horizon, and the east-rising of the same, the elevation of the pole, and the position of the meridian ... / [edited] by Daniel King, Gent. | 1659 | 26746 | 7445 | nan | ./cache/A35744.xml | ./txt/A35744.txt |
| A69643 | Brookes, Christopher, fl. 1649-1651. | A nevv quadrant, of more naturall, easie, and manifold performance, than any other heretofore extant framed according to the horizontall projection of the sphere, with the uses thereof. By C.B. maker of mathematic instruments in metall. | 1649 | 4632 | 1403 | nan | ./cache/A69643.xml | ./txt/A69643.txt |
| A29756 | Brown, John, philomath. | The description and use of a joynt-rule fitted with lines for the finding the hour of the day and azimuth of the sun, to any particular latitude, or, to apply the same generally to any latitude : together with all the uses of Gunters quadrant applyed thereunto ... / contriv''d & written by J. Brown, philomath. | 1661 | 30378 | 9302 | nan | ./cache/A29756.xml | ./txt/A29756.txt |
| A29764 | Brown, John, philomath. | The triangular quadrant, or, The quadrant on a sector being a general instrument for land or sea observations : performing all the uses of the ordinary sea instruments, as Davis quadrant, forestaff, crosstaff, bow, with more ease, profitableness, and conveniency, and as much exactness as any or all of them : moreover, it may be made a particular and a general quadrant for all latitudes, and have the sector lines also : to which is added a rectifying table to find the suns true declination to a minute or two, any day or hour of the 4 years : whereby to find the latitude of a place by meridian, or any two other altitudes of the sun or stars / first thus contrived and made by John Brown ... | 1662 | 6699 | 1907 | nan | ./cache/A29764.xml | ./txt/A29764.txt |
| A29762 | Brown, John, philomath. | Horologiographia, or, The art of dyalling being the second book of the use of the trianguler-quadrant : shewing the natural, artificial, and instrumental way, of making of sun-dials, on any flat superficies, with plain and easie directions, to discover their nature and affections, by the horizontal projection : with the way of drawing the usual ornaments on any plain : also, a familiar easie way to draw those lines on the ceiling of a room, by the trianguler quadrant : also, the use of the same instrument in navigation, both for observation, and operation : performing the use of several sea-instruments still in use / by John Brown, philomath. | 1671 | 57394 | 18376 | nan | ./cache/A29762.xml | ./txt/A29762.txt |
| A29761 | Brown, John, philomath. | The description and use of the trianguler quadrant being a particular and general instrument, useful at land or sea, both for observation and operation : more universally useful, portable and convenient, than any other yet discovered, with its uses in arithmetick, geometry, superficial and solid, astronomy, dyalling, three wayes, gaging, navigation, in a method not before used / by John Brown, philomath. | 1671 | 94143 | 28057 | nan | ./cache/A29761.xml | ./txt/A29761.txt |
| A33999 | Collins, John, 1625-1683. | Geometrical dyalling, or, Dyalling performed by a line of chords onely, or by the plain scale wherein is contained two several methods of inscribing the hour-lines in all plains, with the substile, stile and meridian, in their proper coasts and quantities : being a full explication and demonstration of divers difficulties in the works of learned Mr. Samuel Foster deceased ... : whereto is added four new methods of calculation, for finding the requisites in all leaning plains ... : also how by projecting the sphere, to measure off all the arks found by calculation ... : lastly, the making of dyals from three shadows of a gnomon ... / written by John Collins ... | 1659 | 29012 | 9055 | nan | ./cache/A33999.xml | ./txt/A33999.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 | 118021 | 38774 | nan | ./cache/A34005.xml | ./txt/A34005.txt |
| A01089 | Foster, Samuel, d. 1652. | The art of dialling by a new, easie, and most speedy way. Shewing, how to describe the houre-lines upon all sorts of plaines, howsoever, or in what latitude soever scituated: as also, to find the suns azimuth, whereby the sight of any plaine is examined. Performed by a quadrant, fitted with lines necessary to the purpose. Invented and published by Samuel Foster, professor of astronomie in Gresham Colledge. | 1638 | 9885 | 3219 | nan | ./cache/A01089.xml | ./txt/A01089.txt |
| A89305 | Goddard, John, fl. 1645-1671, engraver. | Horlogiographia optica. Dialling universall and particular: speculative and practicall. In a threefold præcognita, viz. geometricall, philosophicall, and astronomicall: and a threefold practise, viz. arithmeticall, geometricall, and instrumentall. With diverse propositions of the use and benefit of shadows, serving to prick down the signes, declination, and azimuths, on sun-dials, and diverse other benefits. Illustrated by diverse opticall conceits, taken out of Augilonius, Kercherius, Clavius, and others. Lastly, topothesia, or, a feigned description of the court of art. Full of benefit for the making of dials, use of the globes, difference of meridians, and most propositions of astronomie. Together with many usefull instruments and dials in brasse, made by Walter Hayes, at the Crosse Daggers in More Fields. / Written by Silvanus Morgan. | 1652 | 31380 | 11084 | nan | ./cache/A89305.xml | ./txt/A89305.txt |
| A45349 | Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742. | A plain declaration of the vulgar new heavens flatform serving not onely fore this age, but also fore the future age of 100 years. | 1679 | 4197 | 1154 | nan | ./cache/A45349.xml | ./txt/A45349.txt |
| A51385 | Morland, Samuel, Sir, 1625-1695. | The poor man''s dyal· With an instrument to set it. Made applicable to any place in England, Scotland, Ireland, &c. By Sir Samuel Morland knight and baronet. 1689. | 1689 | 1914 | 406 | nan | ./cache/A51385.xml | ./txt/A51385.txt |
| A64223 | Taylor, John, 1666 or 7-1687. | The semicircle on a sector in two books. Containing the description of a general and portable instrument; whereby most problems (reducible to instrumental practice) in astronomy, trigonometry, arithmetick, geometry, geography, topography, navigation, dyalling, &c. are speedily and exactly resolved. By J. T. | 1667 | 28063 | 8763 | nan | ./cache/A64223.xml | ./txt/A64223.txt |
| A15752 | Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615. | A short treatise of dialling shewing, the making of all sorts of sun-dials, horizontal, erect, direct, declining, inclining, reclining; vpon any flat or plaine superficies, howsoeuer placed, with ruler and compasse onely, without any arithmeticall calculation. By Edvvard Wright. | 1614 | 8356 | 2503 | nan | ./cache/A15752.xml | ./txt/A15752.txt |