The Improved Practical Navigator: Containing All Necessary Instruction for Determining the Latitude by Various Methods, and for the Ascertaining the Longitude by Lunar Observations, in a Complete Epitome of Navigation. To which is Added a Number of New Tables |
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| Title | The Improved Practical Navigator: Containing All Necessary Instruction for Determining the Latitude by Various Methods, and for the Ascertaining the Longitude by Lunar Observations, in a Complete Epitome of Navigation. To which is Added a Number of New Tables |
| Author | Nathaniel Bowditch |
| Editor | Thomas Kirby |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | David Steel, 1802 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Jul 17, 2009 |
| Length | 326 pages |
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