1778 Art of Navigation Atkinson Mathematics Geometry Plates Cargo Ships

James Atkinson was an 18th-century English Elder and expert on navigation. His only known work is “Epitome of the art of Navigation” – a work that incorporates mathematics and geometry lessons into gaining understanding of world navigation. It teaches on line drawing, arc measuring, determining distance based on given and ungiven data, finding the diameter and radius of a circle and how it relates to navigation, figuring how much cargo a ship can carry based on weight, and much more.

This 1778 edition features folding engravings depicting geometric problems and solutions as well as rectification processes.

Item number: #1832

Price: $499

ATKINSON, James

Epitome of the art of navigation : or, a short, easy, and methodical way to become a complete navigator; Containing Practical Geometry, Plane and Spheric, Superficial and Solid; with its Uses in all Kinds of Mensuration. Trigonometry Plane and Spheric, both Geometric, Instrumental and Logarithmic, with its Uses in Navigation, viz. In Plane, Mercator's, and Great Circle Sailing, Geography, Astronomy, the Projection of the Sphere, &c. The Gregorian or New Calendar, Description and Use of the Plane-Chart, Mercator's-Chart, both Globes, Hemispheres, and divers other Instruments. A New Form of keeping a Sea-Reckoning, or Account of a Ship's Way. A Traverse Table; a Table of Meridional Parts; a Table of 10,000 Logarithms, and Logarithmic Sines, Tangents and Secants, carefully corrected. By James Atkinson, Senior. The whole revised and corrected, with the utmost Care, by W. Mountaine, Mathematical Examiner to the Honourable Corporation of Trinity-House of Deptford-Strond, and F.R.S.

London : Printed for J. Mount, T. Page, and W. Mount, on Tower-Hill, 1778.

Details:

•Collation complete with all pages: [x], 457, [1]
oIllustrated with 10 folding engravings
•References: ESTC, 87828;
•Provenance: Handwritten – William McArthur
oWilliam Pope McArthur (April 2, 1814 – December 23, 1850) was an American naval officer and hydrologist who was involved in the first surveys of the Pacific Coast for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
•Language: English
•Binding: Leather
oFront & back boards detached but present
•Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)
•Rare with no other example for sale worldwide at present

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