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The vse of both the globes, celestiall, and terrestriall, : most plainely deliuered in forme of a dialogue. Containing most pleasant, and profitable conclusions for the mariner, and generally for all those, that are addicted to these kinde of mathematicall instrumentes. VVritten by T. Hood mathematicall lecturer in the citie of London, sometime fellow of Trinitie Colledge in Cambridge

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Publication date: 1592.
Call number: 404000
Creator: Hood, Thomas (active 1582-1598)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (8vo)
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The vse of the two mathematicall Instruments, the crosse staffe, (differing from that in common vse with the mariners:), and the iacobs staffe: : set foorth dialogue wise in two briefe and plaine treatises: the one most commodious for the mariner, and all such as are to deale in astronomicall matters: the other profitable for the surueyor to take the length, height, depth or breadth, of anything measurable
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Astrolabium vranicum generale. : A necessary and pleasaunt solace and recreation for nauigators in their long iorneying, containing the vse of an instrument or generall astrolabe: newly for them deuised by the author, to bring them skilfully acquainted with all the planets starres, and constellacions of the heauens: and their courses, mouings, and apparences, called the (vranicall astrolabe.) In which, agreeable to the hipothesis of Nicolaus Copernicus, the starry firmament is appointed perpetually fixed and the earth and his horizons continually mouing from west towards the east once about euery 24 houres. Fraught also by new deuise with all such necessary supplements for iudiciall astrology, as Alkabitius & Claudius Dariottus haue deliuered by their tables. Wherevnto for their further delight he hath anexed another inuention, expressing in one face the whole globe terrestriall; with the two great english voyages lately performed round about the world. Compyled by Iohn Blagraue of Rea
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A most pleasant, fruitfull, and vvittie vvorke, of the best state of a publique weale, and of the new yle called Vtopia: written in Latine, by the right worthie and famous Syr Thomas Moore Knight: and translated into English by Raphe Robinson, sometime fellow of Corpus Christi Colledge in Oxford