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An essay on the
variation
of the
compass
...
Bain, William
1817 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available.
094:629.1.053.11
A discourse of the
variation
of the
compass
or magnetical needle
Burrowes, W
1614 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
Navigation and nautical astronomy : part 1: containing rules for finding the latitude and longitude and the
variation
Jeans, H W
1858 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
527
the sextant : containing instructions for its use in determining time, latitude, longitude, and the
variation
Thompson, Charles W
1887 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
520.259
astronomy and navigation : part 1: containing rules for finding the latitude and longitude, and the
variation
Jeans, H W
1876 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
527
A treatise on magnetism, with a description and explanation of a meridional and azimuth
compass
, for
Walker, Ralph
1794 • RARE-PAMPH • 2 copies available.
094:537.67
On the diurnal
variation
of the magnetic declination at St Helena
Sabine, Edward,-Sir,
1847 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
094:537.67
On the annual
variation
of the magnetic declination, at different periods of the day
Sabine, Edward,-Sir,
1851 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
longitude at sea or land, to which are added, various methods of determining the latitude of a place, and
variation
Mackay, Andrew
1801 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available.
094:528.282
nautical astronomy : being the theory and practice of finding the latitude, the longitude, and the
variation
Kerigan, Thomas
1821 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available.
527.093T:094
observations for determining the longitude by sun and moon and error of common reckoning : also the
variation
Pickersgill, Richard,
1778 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available.
094:527.6(261)"17"
British Colonial Magnetic Observatories, for determining the absolute values, secular change, and annual
variation
Sabine, Edward,-Sir,
1850 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
094:537.67
longitude at sea or land : to which are added various methods of determining the latitude of a place, and
variation
Mackay, Andrew
1810 • RARE-BOOK • 7 copies available.
094:528.282
Observations on the dip and
variation
of the magnetic needle and on the intensity of the magnetic force
Sabine, Edward,-Sir,
1819 • RARE-PAMPH • 2 copies available.
537.67
A description of the changeable magnetic properties possessed by all iron bodies and the different effects produced by the same on ship's compasses
Lecount, P
1820 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
Unsettled : the culture of mobility and the working poor in early modern England /Patricia Fumerton.
This book attempts to elucidate the everyday lives of the working poor in early modern England, with a particular emphasis on seamen. Much of the book is built around a case study of Edward Barlow, whose extensively illustrated journal recounts his experiences as a merchant sailor in the late 17th century. Includes black and white illustrations.
2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
92BARLOW, EDWARD
Unsettled : the culture of mobility and the working poor in early modern England /Patricia Fumerton.
This book attempts to elucidate the everyday lives of the working poor in early modern England, with a particular emphasis on seamen. Much of the book is built around a case study of Edward Barlow, whose extensively illustrated journal recounts his experiences as a merchant sailor in the late 17th century. Includes black and white illustrations.
2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
92BARLOW, EDWARD
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