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The seaman's daily assistant, : being a short, easy and plain method of keeping a journal at sea; in which are contained rules, shewing how the allowances for leeway, variation, heave of the sea, set of currents, &c. are to be made, and to correct the dead-reckoning by an observation, in all cases: and also all the tables that are any ways necessary for the seaman's use in keeping a journal

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: M,DCC,XCII. [1792].
Call number: 624402
Creator: Haselden, Thomas (-1740)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Roger Gaskell Rare Books, February 2010.
Dimensions: 21 cm (4to)
Associated people: Adams, John, (1750?-1814.)
Associated organization: Mount and Davidson,
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