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A North Dyall declining Eastwards 35 deg. reclining 41 deg. 30 min. Latitude 51 deg. 30 min.
The circles of proportion and the horizontal instrument. The former shewing the maner how to work proportions both simple and compound: and the ready and easy resolving of quæstions both in arithmetic, geometrie, & astronomie: and is newly increased with an additament for navigation. All which rules may also be wrought with the penne by arithmetic, and the canon of triangles. The later teaching how to work most quæstions, which may be performed by the globe: and to delineat dialls upon any kind of plaine. Invented, and written in latine by W.O. Translated into English, and set out for the public benefit, by William Forster.
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- The circles of proportion and the horizontal instrument. The former shewing the maner how to work proportions both simple and compound: and the ready and easy resolving of quæstions both in arithmetic, geometrie, & astronomie: and is newly increased with an additament for navigation. All which rules may also be wrought with the penne by arithmetic, and the canon of triangles. The later teaching how to work most quæstions, which may be performed by the globe: and to delineat dialls upon any kind of plaine. Invented, and written in latine by W.O. Translated into English, and set out for the public benefit, by William Forster.
- Author
- Oughtred, William, 1575-1660.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by Augustine Mathewes, and are to bee sold by Nic: Bourne at the Royall Exchange,
- 1633.
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- Subject terms
- Mathematical instruments -- Early works to 1800.
- Navigation -- Early works to 1800.
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"The circles of proportion and the horizontal instrument. The former shewing the maner how to work proportions both simple and compound: and the ready and easy resolving of quæstions both in arithmetic, geometrie, & astronomie: and is newly increased with an additament for navigation. All which rules may also be wrought with the penne by arithmetic, and the canon of triangles. The later teaching how to work most quæstions, which may be performed by the globe: and to delineat dialls upon any kind of plaine. Invented, and written in latine by W.O. Translated into English, and set out for the public benefit, by William Forster." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A08582.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2025.
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A Horizontall Dyall.
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South direct vpright.
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South direct inclining 24 deg.
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North direct reclining 24 deg.
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South direct reclining aequall to the com∣plement of the poles height.
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West direct vpright.
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East direct reclining 32 deg.
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South vpright declining Eastward 35 deg.
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South declining Westward 76 degr. reclining. 48 deg.
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South declining Westward 61 degr. Reclining 21 deg. ••½ min.