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The mariner's friend, or A treatise on the stars: : comprehending astronomical definitions; the motion, magnitudes, distance, number, and appearance of the fixed stars; with practical directions for knowing them, and an account of their original names and characters: also, a table calculated for readily finding when a star comes on the meridian, its altitude and declination; by which means the latitude of any place is easily ascertained. Designed for the use of mariners

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1809..
Call number: 720955
Creator: Hosier, John(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Bookplate of the Burndy Library.
Dimensions: 23 cm
Associated people: Trewman, Robert,; Hoxland, Edward,
Associated organizations: Cuthell and Martin,; Burndy Library,
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