The sea-mans grammar and dictionary explaining all the difficult terms in navigation : and the practical navigator and gunner : in two parts / by Captain John Smith, sometimes governour of Virginia, and admiral of New England.
- Title
- The sea-mans grammar and dictionary explaining all the difficult terms in navigation : and the practical navigator and gunner : in two parts / by Captain John Smith, sometimes governour of Virginia, and admiral of New England.
- Author
- Smith, John, 1580-1631.
- Publication
- London :: Printed and are to be sold by Randal Taylor ...,
- MDCXCI [1691]
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- Subject terms
- Naval art and science -- Early works to 1800.
- Gunnery -- Early works to 1800.
- Ordnance, Naval -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Link to this Item
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https://name.umdl.umich.edu/a60494.0001.001
- Cite this Item
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"The sea-mans grammar and dictionary explaining all the difficult terms in navigation : and the practical navigator and gunner : in two parts / by Captain John Smith, sometimes governour of Virginia, and admiral of New England." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/a60494.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 1, 2024.
Contents
- title page
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THE PRINTER TO THE READER, And all worthy Adventurers by Sea, and well-wishers to NAVIGATION. - table of contents
- THE SEA-MANS GRAMMAR and DICTIONARY; OR THE PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR and GUNNER. In Two Books
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OF GUNNERY. BOOK II.
- CHAP. I.
- CHAP. II.
- CHAP. III.
- CHAP. IV.
- CHAP. V.
- CHAP. VI.
- CHAP. VII.
- CHAP. VIII.
- CHAP. IX.
- CHAP. X.
- CHAP. XI.
- CHAP. XII.
- CHAP. XIII.
- CHAP. XIV.
- CHAP. XV.
- CHAP. XVI.
- CHAP. XVII.
- CHAP. XVIII.
- CHAP. XIX.
- CHAP. XX.
- CHAP. XXI.
- CHAP. XXII.
- CHAP. XXIII.
- CHAP. XXIV.
- CHAP. XXV.
- CHAP. XXVI.
- CHAP. XXVII.
- CHAP. XXVIII:
- CHAP. XXIX.
- CHAP. XXX.
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CHAP. XXXI.
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To Prepare
Granadoes for aMorter. -
To make Fusesfor Granado Shels. -
The
Composition for theFuse. -
How
Granadoes are to beCharged in theMorter. -
Directions for
Firing, -
How to Level the
Morter Piece that it may make an ef∣fectualShot at anyMark assigned. - Some Cautions relating to the foregoing Section, concerning the Morter Piece.
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To make
Granado's to be cast out of Mens Hands. - Of the PETARD.
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To make Dartsor Fire-Arrows. -
How to make
Fire-Wheels to be cast out of Mens Hands. -
To make a
Composition to fillPikes, Darts, Javelines, Trunks, Balls, and otherFire-works; to defend a Ship or Breach, or to enter the same: Or to stick into the side of a Ship, or other Place. -
To make a
Composition that will burn and feed upon the water. -
To make a
Composition that will burn under the Water.
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To Prepare
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OF THE MEASURINGOF Heights, Depths,and Distances.-
I. How to take the Height of a Tree, Tower, Steeple, or o∣ther upright Building, by the Length of the Shadow thereof. -
II. How to take the height of aWatch-Tower, by theSha∣dow, when you cannot come to the bottome of it, to mea∣sure the length of theShadow. -
III. How to take theAltitude of any upright building, or the like, by aBowle of Water. -
IV. How to take the height of any uprightBuilding, that is approachable, by twoSticks orRulers joyned toge∣ther,Square-wise. -
V. How by help of thisSquare, standing upon aPlatform of a known height, to find thedistance from thePlat∣form, to anyTree, River, or otherObject that is remote from you, -
VI. How to take thedistance from the place of your standing upon level Ground, to anyTree, Tower, or other thing, remote from you, though you cannot come neer the same, by yourSquare. -
VII. How to take theBreadth of aRiver by the Square. -
VIII. How to take theDistance between Two (or more)Places, without coming near any of them, by a Two FootJoynt Rule. -
X. How to take theDistance betweenOne or morePlaces, by aTen Foot Rod (divided intoInches) only.
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