| Description | Two title pages, one with stylised fonts, followed by a paper by Phipps regarding a navigational method for finding the course, distance, and differences of latitude and departure of a ship using a quadrant of a mariner's compass. Phipps provides two examples with calculations to illustrate his method. Includes one figure on a separate plate.
Subject: Geodesy
Written by Phipps in Staindrop, near Darlington, Durham [England]. |