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Horary tables, for finding the time by inspection : to facilitate the operations for obtaining the longitude at sea, by chronometers and lunar observations : also for finding both the latitude and time, by noting the exact interval, by a chronometer, between two observed altitudes of the sun or a fixed star : or by the simultaneous observations of the altitudes of any two celestial objects : to which is added ... an easy method of clearing the observed distance of the effects of refraction and parallax, with new tables for the purpose ...

Title:Horary tables, for finding the time by inspection : to facilitate the operations for obtaining the longitude at sea, by chronometers and lunar observations : also for finding both the latitude and time, by noting the exact interval, by a chronometer, between two observed altitudes of the sun or a fixed star : or by the simultaneous observations of the altitudes of any two celestial objects : to which is added ... an easy method of clearing the observed distance of the effects of refraction and parallax, with new tables for the purpose ...
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Note:Stereotyped and printed for the author : sold by himself ..., by Messrs. Kingsbury, Parbury and Allen ..., 1827
  
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Subject:Horology
Subject:Nautical astronomy
Subject:Navigation -- Tables
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