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• Latitude -- Early works to 1800
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• Three diatribes or discourses (London : Printed for William Whitwood ..., 1671), by Edward Leigh (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• A Declaration of the earthly flatform. ([S.l. : s.n., 1679]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The Strange and Dangerous Voyage of Captaine Thomas James, in His Intended Discovery of the Northwest Passage into the South Sea (London: Printed for John Legatt, 1633), by Thomas James (page images in Germany)
• The longitude discovered, by a new mathematical instrument, called Graphor (printed for, and sold by Hookham and Carpenter ..., 1794), by Pierre de Gravers, Carpenter, Thomas Hookham, and Henry Ould (page images at HathiTrust)
• La meridiana del tempio di S. Petronio : tirata, e preparata per le osseruazioni astronomiche l'anno 1655 : riuista, e restaurata l'anno 1695 (Per l'erede di Vittorio Benacci, 1695), by Giovanni Domenico Cassini (page images at HathiTrust)
• Strange and dangerous voyage of Captain Thomas James, in his intended discovery of the Northwest Passage into the South Sea (Printed by Iohn Legatt, for Iohn Partridge, 1633), by Thomas James, William L. Clements, John Partridge, John Legate, active 1633 W. W. (William Watts), and Henry Gellibrand (page images at HathiTrust)
• James's voyage, 1633 (Printed by Iohn Legatt for Iohn Partridge, 1633), by Thomas James, John Partridge, John Legat, active 1633 W. W. (William Watts), Henry Gellibrand, and English Printing Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A new discovery for finding the longitude, by William Hobbs (Gutenberg ebook)
• Remarks on a Pamphlet Lately published by the Rev. Mr. Maskelyne, Under the Authority of the Board of Longitude, by John Harrison (Gutenberg ebook)
• The groundes of the longitude with an admonition to all those that are incredulous and beleeue not the trueth of the same. VVritten by Simon Forman, student in Astronomie and Phisique. 1591. (Imprinted at London : By Thomas Dawson, 1591), by Simon Forman (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Idea longitudinis being a brief definition of the best known axioms for finding the longitude, or a more rational discovery thereof, than hath been heretofore published / by Edward Harrison ... (London : Printed for the author, and sold by Mr. Sellers ..., R. Mount ..., and P. Led ..., 1696), by Edward Harrison (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Mathematicall appendix. (London : Printed by R. B[radock?] for Roger Iackson, and are to be sold at his shoppe in Fleet-street, ne[ar the con]duit, 1604), by Robert Norton (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Longitudinis inventæ explicatio non longa, or, Fixing the volatilised, and taking time on tiptoe, briefly explain'd by which rules are given to find the longitude at sea by, as truly and exactly as the latitude is found by the star in the tayle of Ursa Minor, call'd the Pole-star / by S.F. ... (London : Printed for the author ..., 1699), by Samuel Fyler (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Mecometrie de leymant. Part 2. (Innentione & opera Guillemi Nautieri castelfranei Oveirani. M.DC.III. [1603]:), by Guillaume de Nautonier (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A Declaration of the earthly flatform. ([S.l. : s.n., 1679]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The seaman's companion being a plain guide to the understanding of arithmetick, geometry, trigonometry, navigation, and astronomy. Applied chiefly to navigation: and furnished with a table of meridional parts, to every third minute: with excellent and easie ways of keeping a reckoning at sea, never in print before. Also, a catalogue of the longitude and latitude of the principal places in the world with other useful things. The third edition corrected and amended. By Matthew Norwood, mariner. (London : [print]ed by Anne Godbid, and John Playford, for William Fisher, at the Postern-Gate near Tower-Hill; Robert Boulter, at the Turks-Head and Ralph Smith, at the Bible in Cornhill; Thomas Passinger, at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge; and Richard Northcot, next St. Peter's-Alley in Cornhill, and at the Anchor and Mariner, on Fishstreet-Hill., [1678]), by Matthew Norwood (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The mathematical ievvel shewing the making, and most excellent vse of a singuler instrument so called: in that it performeth with wonderfull dexteritie, whatsoeuer is to be done, either by quadrant, ship, circle, cylinder, ring, dyall, horoscope, astrolabe, sphere, globe, or any such like heretofore deuised: ... The vse of which iewel, is so aboundant and ample, that it leadeth any man practising thereon, the direct pathway ... through the whole artes of astronomy, cosmography, ... and briefely of whatsoeuer concerneth the globe or sphere: ... The most part newly founde out by the author, compiled and published ... by Iohn Blagraue of Reading gentleman and well willer to the mathematickes, who hath cut all the prints or pictures of the whole worke with his owne hands. 1585. (Imprinted at London : by Walter Venge, dwelling in Fleetelane ouer against the Maiden head, [1585]), by John Blagrave (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• La meridiana del tempio di S. Petronio : tirata, e preparata per le osseruazioni astronomiche l'anno 1655 : riuista, e restaurata l'anno 1695 (Per l'erede di Vittorio Benacci, 1695), by Giovanni Domenico Cassini (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prime meridian (J. Wilson and son, 1910), by Horace Everett Ware (page images at HathiTrust)

• Newes itinerarium Italiae : in welchem der Reisende nicht allein gründtlichen Bericht, durch die herzlichste namhaffteste Örter Italiae sein Reiss wol zubestellen, sonder es wirdt jhme auch gantz eygentlich beschriben, was allda als in einem Lustgarten di Europe ... an Sitten vnd Gewonheiten, im Geistlichen vnd Politischen, an mechanischen Wercken zu Land vnd zu Wasser, vnd also an Gebäwen ... denckwürdig zu sehen : alles ... an Tag gegeben ... (Durch Jonam Saurn ..., 1627), by Joseph Furttenbach, Raphael Custos, and Jacob Custos (page images at HathiTrust)
• Deliciae Italiae et index viatorivs (Ex officina typographica Cornelij Sutorij, 1603), by Matthias Quad and Gaspar Ens (page images at HathiTrust)

• Itinerarium provinciarum Antonini Augusti (Apud haeredes Simonis Vincentij, 1545), by Publius Victor, Periegetes Dionysius, Sequester Vibius, and Augustus Antoninus (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vetera Romanorum itineraria (Apud J. Wetstenium & G. Smith, 1735), by Jacobus Wetstein, Pieter Tanjé, Grammarian Hierocles, and Petrus Wesseling (page images at HathiTrust)
• Itinerarium provinciarum omnium Antonini Augusti (Venale habetur vbi impressum est, in domo Henrici Stephani e regio[n]e schol[a]e Decretorum Parrhisiis, 1512), by Augustus Antoninus and Geoffroy Tory (page images at HathiTrust)

• A table shewing the distances betweene all the cities and shire townes of England, that are comprehended in the same inuented and performed by Iohn Norden. ([London : E. Allde?, 1625?]), by John Norden (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• A table shewing the distances betweene all the cities and shire townes of England, that are comprehended in the same inuented and performed by Iohn Norden. ([London : E. Allde?, 1625?]), by John Norden (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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• Mitchell's traveller's guide through the United States : containing the principal cities, towns, &c., alphabetically arranged : together with the stage, steam-boat, canal, and railroad routes, with the distances, in miles, from place to place : illustrated by an accurate map of the United States. (Philadelphia : Hinman & Dutton, 1838., 1838), by S. Augustus Mitchell, D. Haines, J. Fagan, J. H. Young, Mitchell & Hinman, and Hinman and Dutton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ueber das Schätzen von Distanzen bei Bewegung von Arm und Hand ... (Druck von A. Memminger's Buchdr., 1887), by Max Cremer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Transportation routes and systems of the world : development of steam-carrying power on land and sea, 1800 to 1906 ; and table of distances from New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, and Port Townsend to the principal cities of the United States. (G.P.O., 1907), by United States. Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Residentie Bantam (Bantĕn) [en Residentie Kedu] Afstandswijzer van het wegennet. ([Buitenzorg?, 1904), by Cornelis Bastiaan Nederburgh (page images at HathiTrust)
• Residentie Semarang. Afstandswijzer van het wegennet. ([Buitenzorg?, 1914), by Kindermann (page images at HathiTrust)
• La vi a central del Peru . (Impr. Masias, 1895), by J. Capelo (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traveller's guide through the United States (Mitchell & Hinman, no. 6 North Fifth Street., 1836), by S. Augustus Mitchell, J. Fagan, D. Haines, J. H. Young, and Mitchell & Hinman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Itinerary of roads in Mauritius. (Times Press, 1925), by E. Marc Desbleds (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'Annam : ses provinces.... ses ressources (Hanoi : Imprimerie tonkinoise, 1925., 1925), by J. L. Fontana, Services commerciaux de l'Annam, and Vietnam) Foire de Hanoi (7th : 1925 : Hanoi (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Latter-Day Saints' emigrants' guide : being a tale of distances ... from Council Bluffs, to the valley of the Great Salt Lake ... (Republican Steam Power Press--Chambers & Knapp, 1848), by William Clayton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Levels. Coal analyses. ([Acme Pub. Co., printers and binders], 1910), by I. C. White (page images at HathiTrust)
• Distances between ports. (Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/ Topographic Center :, 1991), by Defense Mapping Agency Combat Support Center (U.S.) and United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic/ Topographic Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Afstandstabellen. ([Semarang, 1928), by Java Motor Club (page images at HathiTrust)

• Examination of distance measuring devices (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, The Bureau :, 1980), by Stephen Hasko (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beyond yonder,. (Chapman & Grimes, 1939), by Oliver Justin Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die fernrohre und entfernungsmesser (J. Springer, 1923), by Albert Adolf Kömig (page images at HathiTrust)
• Measuring cross sections using a sag tape : a generalized procedure (Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1979), by Gary A. Ray, Walter F. Megahan, and Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Ogden, Utah) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluating use of an ultrasound device to measure distances to foliar and woody targets (USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1985), by Raymond L. Czaplewski, Paul W. Snook, and Colo.) Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Fort Collins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mesafe tahmini ([Istanbul] :Mekteb-i Harbiye Matbaası, 1920), by Yüzbaşı Cavit (page images at HathiTrust)
• Über die Art der Griechen und Römer die Entfernungen zu bestimmen und über das Stadium. (Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, 1813), by F. A. Ukert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ausgewählte Kapitel der Technik (L.W. Seidel & Sohn, 1908), by Wiktor Niesiolowski-Gawin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spheroidal geodesics, reference systems, & local geometry (U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, 1970), by Paul D. Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Survey of the McDonald Observatory radial line scheme by relative lateration techniques (National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Survey ;, 1978), by William E. Carter, T. Vincenty, National Geodetic Survey (U.S.), and National Ocean Survey (page images at HathiTrust)
• The AFCRL lunar laser experiment (L.G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1974., 1974), by Mahlon S. Hunt and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Support of AFCRL lunar laser field unit (L.G. Hanscom Field, Massachusetts : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, United States Air Force, 1971., 1971), by Gerard P. Kuiper, Mahlon S. Hunt, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.), and University of Arizona. Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Declaration of the earthly flatform. ([S.l. : s.n., 1679]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Three diatribes or discourses (London : Printed for William Whitwood ..., 1671), by Edward Leigh (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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