Essays, mathematical and physical : containing new theories and illustrations of some very important and difficult subjects of the sciences.

Essays, mathematical and physical : containing new theories and illustrations of some very important and difficult subjects of the sciences.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Mansfield, Jared, 1759-1830.
Edition:	Never before published.
Imprint:	New-Haven : Printed by William W. Morse, [1801]
Description:	x, [2], 274, [45] p., 13 folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Mathematics. Nautical astronomy. Celestial mechanics. Gunnery. Celestial mechanics. Gunnery. Mathematics. Nautical astronomy.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2621290

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Notes:	Preface signed: J. Mansfield. Includes bibliographic references. Shaw 866.

Table of Contents:

Use of the negative sign
Goniometrical properties
Nautical astronomy
Orbicular motion
Investigation of the loci
Of the fluxionary analysis
Theory of gunnery
Theory of the moon
New tables for computing the latitude and longitude at sea, by means of double altitudes and lunar distances.