| Title |
Navigation |
| Reference |
MS Add.9597/14 |
| Covering Dates |
c 1710-c 1750 |
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| Index Terms |
| Navigation (Science) |
| Manuscripts/MS Add.9597/14 contains: |
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Plain Sailing. Various problems, some with a variety of solutions: "By Mercator's" "By Middle Latitude" "By Parallel" and "By Traverse Table." Some left unfinished.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.23 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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2
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Of the Variation of the Nautical Compass. Problems and examples associated with guaging a compass's variation by observing the sun.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.13 [mixed]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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3
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Continuation of Journal. Journal in unknown hand charting European travels.
ff.91 [quarto]; paper. |
19 January 1745-June 1746 |
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4
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"The Degrees Minutes & seconds corresponding to the several entyre ninety-sixth part of the Portable Quadrant of a foot Radius" and other notes.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.10 [mixed]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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5
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Log Book No. 1.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.18 [octavo]; paper. |
c 1745 |
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6
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Log Book.
ff.25 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1733-c 1750 |
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7
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Mercator's Sailing, Middle Latitude Sailing, Plain Sailing. Similar content to Add. MS 9597/14/1. Same hand as Add. MS 9597/14/6.
ff.3 [quarto]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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Of Mercator's Sailing. Draft treatise.
Creator: Jones, William, 1675-1749, mathematician.
ff.33 [mixed]; paper. |
c 1710-c 1749 |
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