A TABLE OF THE ANGLES

which every Point & Quarter Point of the Compass makes with the Meridian.

AND

NAUTICAL TABLES,

ARRANGED AND ADAPTED FOR DETERMINING

(By the various Methods)

THE LATITUDE AT SEA;

ALSO,

The Variation of the Compass;

RATING OF CHRONOMETERS BY LOGARITHMS,

AND

EQUAL ALTITUDES OF A CELESTIAL OBJECT;

LIKEWISE,

THE LONGITUDE

BY CHRONOMETER, AND LUNAR OBSERVATIONS;

WHEREBY

Mr. Lyons' Method of finding the True Distance,

IS RENDERED THE SHORTEST THAT HAS BEEN HITHERTO PROPOSED.

BY GEORGE COLEMAN, F.R.A.S.

TEACHER OF MATHEMATICS, NAVIGATION, AND NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY.

Stereotype Edition.

LONDON:

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AND PUBLISHED BY CHARLES WILSON (LATE J. W. NORIE & WILSON),
AT THE NAVIGATION WAREHOUSE AND NAVAL ACADEMY,

No. 157, LEADENHALL STREET.

1846.

PRICE TWELVE SHILLINGS, IN CLOTH BOARDS.

TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL

WILLIAM THOMPSON, ESQ., M.P., PRESIDENT;

THE WORSHIPFUL

RICHARD HOTHAM PIGEON, ESQ., TREASURER;

AND THE

GOVERNORS OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL,

THIS WORK,

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LONDON,

APRIL 1846.

BY THEIR TRULY GRATEFUL,

AND SINCERELY OBLIGED AND HUMBLE SERVANT,

GEORGE COLEMAN.