William Wales (1734? – 29 December 1798) was a British mathematician and astronomer who sailed on Captain Cook's second voyage of discovery, then became Master of the Royal Mathematical School at Christ's Hospital and a Fellow of the Royal Society. (From Wikipedia)
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Wales, William, 1734?-1798, contrib.: The Voyage of Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates, Collected from the Original Journal Preserved by Arrian, and Illustrated by Authorities Ancient and Modern (with 3 additional articles by the contributors; London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1797), by William Vincent, also contrib. by Samuel Horsley and Mr. de La Rochette
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Wales, William, 1734?-1798: Astronomical observation, made in the voyages which were undertaken ... for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook in the Dolphin, Tamer, Swallow, and Endeavor. (Printed by C. Buckton, 1788), also by Charles Green (page images at HathiTrust)- Wales, William, 1734?-1798: The elements of navigation. (J. Nourse, 1780), also by J. Robertson and James Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Wales, William, 1734?-1798: The elements of navigation; containing the theory and practice. With the necessary tables, and compendiums for finding the latitude and longitude at sea. To which is added, a treatise of marine fortification. Composed for the use of the Royal Mathematical School at Christ's Hospital, the Royal Academy at Portsmouth, and the gentlemen of the Navy ... (C. Nourse, 1786), also by J. Robertson and James Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Wales, William, 1734?-1798: An inquiry into the present state of population in England and Wales : and the proportion which the present number of inhabitants bears to the number at former periods (London : Printed by G. Bigg, Denmark Court, Strand, for C. Nourse, in the Strand, MDCCLXXXI [1781], 1781), also by Charles Nourse (page images at HathiTrust)
- Wales, William, 1734?-1798: The mariner's compass rectified. Containing tables, shewing the true hour of the day ... With tables of amplitudes. Which tables of sun-dials [etc.] are calculated from the equator to 60 degrees of latitude ... With the description and use of those instruments most in practice in the art of navigation. Also a table of latitude and longitudes of places (Printed for J. Mount, T. Page, W. Mount, and T. Page, 1780), also by Andrew Wakely, William Bayly, William Mountaine, and James Atkinson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Wales, William, 1734?-1798: The method of finding the longitude at sea, by timekeepers: to which are added, tables of equations to equal altitudes. ... (Printed by C. Buckton ... for the author, 1794) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Wales, William, 1734?-1798: Voyage de Néarque, des bouches de l'Indus jusqu'à l'Euphrate, ou, Journal de l'expédition de la flotte d'Alexandre : rédigé sur le journal original de Néarque conservé par Arrien ... et contenant l'histoire de la première navigation que des Européens aient tentée dans la Mer des Indes (De l'imprimerie de la Republique, 1799), also by William Vincent, J. B. L. J. Billecocq, de La Rochette, Samuel Horsley, and Arrian (page images at HathiTrust)
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