Gunter, Edmund. The description and vse of the sector, the crosse-staffe, and other instruments vvith a canon of artificiall sines and tangents, to a radius of 10000.0000. parts, and the vse thereof in astronomie, navigation, dialling, and fortification, &c. The second edition much augmented. By Edm. Gunter sometime professor of astronomie in Gresham Colledge in London - Folger Shakespeare Library

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Creator

Gunter, Edmund, 1581-1626

Date

1636

Location

London, England
Great Britain

Media format

Printed text

Extent

[14], 78, [2], 79-113, 116-163, [1]; 266, [2]; 56, 59-64, 67-75, [1]; [114] p., [3] leaves of plates, [1] table

Language

English

Reference IDs

Folger bibliographic ID: 311941
STC number: 12523
Folger call number: FILM Acc. 626
Folger holdings ID: 440395
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Folger holdings ID: 440394

Notes

General notes

With an additional title page, engraved, with imprint: London printed by W.I. 1636. And are to be sold by Iames Boller at the signe of the Marigold in Pauls Church yard. 1636 The pages between 78 and 79 (first count) are numbered "d" and 80. The leaf is a cancel. P. 114 (first count) misnumbered 116 "The first booke of the crosse-staffe" (caption title) and "The generall vse of the canon and table of logarithmes" (caption title) begin new pagination on 2A1r and 4A1r respectively. "Canon triangulorum", first published separately in 1623, has separate dated title page and collates pi¹ A-O⁴ Reproduction of the original in Columbia University. Library Available electronically as part of Early English books online Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1964. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1103:04)

Also known as

Extended title: The description and vse of the sector, the crosse-staffe, and other instruments vvith a canon of artificiall sines and tangents, to a radius of 10000.0000. parts, and the vse thereof in astronomie, navigation, dialling, and fortification, &c. The second edition much augmented. By Edm. Gunter sometime professor of astronomie in Gresham Colledge in London
Alternate titles: Description and use of the sector, the crosse-staffe, and other instruments, Description and use of the sector, Generall vse of the canon and table of logarithmes, Generall use of the canon and table of logarithmes, First booke of the crosse-staffe

Subjects

Mathematical instruments Logarithms Trigonometry

Related names

author: Gunter, Edmund, 1581-1626