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Blagrave, John. 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

Creator
Blagrave, John, -1611
Date
[1585]
Media Format
Printed text
Location
London England
Reference ID
STC 3119
Caption
Imprinted at London : By Walter Venge, dwelling in Fleetelane ouer against the Maiden head, [1585]
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Holwell, John. Clavis horologiae, or, A key to the whole art of arithmetical dyalling : in two parts ... : whereunto is annexed an appendix, being the explication of the pyramidical dyal set up in His Majesties garden at White-Hall, 1669, in which very many sorts of dyals are contained, by which, besides the hours of all kinds diversly expressed, many things relating to geography, astrology and astronomy, are by the suns shadow made visible to the eye, by that Reverend Father Francis Hall, alias Line, of the Society of Jesus, professor of the mathematicks at Liege in Germany

Creator
Holwell, John, 1649-1686?
Date
MDCLXXXVI [1686]
Media Format
Printed text
Location
London England
Reference ID
269- 067q
Caption
London : Printed by Will. Bonny, for Tho. Howkins in George-yard in Lombard-Street, MDCLXXXVI [1686]
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Wybard, John. Horologiographia nocturna. Or Lunar horologiographie. : Set forth and demonstrated (after a twofold manner) in the horizontall plane onely. Vpon which (and all other by the same reason) may in a manner, as plainely and speedily bee discerned the times of the night by the gnomonicall shadow, caused by the moone, as the times of the day upon any by the sun: serving as well in the day time for the sunne. By Iohn Wyberd. Together with an addition of certaine new and briefe rules for the exact and most speedy mensuration of circles and spheres, and also cylinders, both in solid and liquid measure, by certaine plaine scales onely, not heretofore published, but now set forth for the benefit of all those that have occasion to make use of such things

Creator
Wybard, John
Date
1639
Media Format
Printed text
Location
London England
Reference ID
STC 26056
Caption
London : Printed by Tho. Cotes, 1639
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Horlogiographia optica.

Creator
Morgan, Sylvanus, 1620-1693
Date
1652
Media Format
Printed text
Location
London England London
Reference ID
Film Acc. 640
Caption
London : Printed by R. & W. Leybourn, for Andrew Kemb, and Robert Boydell, and are to be sold at St. Margarets Hill in Southwark, and at the Bulwark neer the Tower, 1652
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Morgan, Sylvanus. Horlogiographia optica. : Dialling universall and particular: speculative and practicall. In a threefold praecognita, viz. geometricall, philosophicall, and astronomicall: and a threefold practise, viz. arithmeticall, geometricall, and instrumentall. With diverse propositions of the use and benefit of shadows, serving to prick down the signes, declination, and azimuths, on sun-dials, and diverse other benefits. Illustrated by diverse opticall conceits, taken out of Augilonius, Kercherius, Clavius, and others. Lastly, topothesia, or, a feigned description of the court of art. Full of benefit for the making of dials, use of the globes, difference of meridians, and most propositions of astronomie. Together with many usefull instruments and dials in brasse, made by Walter Hayes, at the Crosse Daggers in More Fields. Written by Silvanus Morgan

Creator
Morgan, Sylvanus, 1620-1693
Date
1652
Media Format
Printed text
Location
London England
Reference ID
145- 210q
Caption
London : Printed by R. & W. Leybourn, for Andrew Kemb, and Robert Boydell, and are to be sold at St. Margarets Hill in Southwark, and at the Bulwark neer the Tower, 1652
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Stirrup, Thomas. Horometria: or the compleat diallist : wherein the whole mystery of the art of dialling is plainly taught three several wayes; two of which are performed geometrically by rule and compasse onely: and the third instrumentally, by a quadrant fitted for that purpose. With the working of such propositions of the sphere, as are most usefull in astronomie and navigation, both geometrically and instrumentally. By Thomas Stirrup, philomath. Whereunto is added an appendix, shewing how the parallels of declination; the Jewish, Babylonish, and Italian houres; the azimuths, almicanters, &c. may be easily inscribed on any diall whatsoever, by rule and compasse onely. Also how to draw a diall on the seeling of a room, by W.L

Creator
Stirrup, Thomas
Date
1652
Media Format
Printed text
Location
London England
Reference ID
254- 602q
Caption
London : Printed by R. & W. Leybourn, for Thomas Pierrepont, at the Sun in Paul's Chnrch-yard [sic], 1652
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Brown, John (Philomath). Horologiographia: or, The art of dyalling : being the second book of the use of the trianguler-quadrant. Shewing the natural, artificial, and instrumental way, of making of sun-dials, on any flat superficies: with plain and easie directions, to discover their nature and affections, by the horizontal projection. With the way of drawing the usual ornaments on any plain: also, a familiar easie way to draw those lines on the ceiling of a room, by the trianguler quadrant. Also, the use of the same instrument in navigation; both for observation, and operation. Performing the use of several sea-instruments still in use. By John Brown, philomath

Creator
Brown, John (Philomath)
Date
1671
Media Format
Printed text
Location
London England
Reference ID
185- 929q
Caption
London : Printed by John Darby, for John Wingfield, and are to be sold at his house in Crutched-Fryers; and by John Brown at the Sphear and Sun Dial in the Minories; and by John Seller at the Hermitage-stairs in Wappings, 1671
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