Joseph Moxon, A Tutor to Astronomy and Geography (1659)

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Date

1659

Author

Joseph Moxon Note: 12/10/2005

Book title

A tutor to astronomie and geographie, or, An easie and speedy way to know the use of both the globes, coelestial and terrestrial in six books: the first teaching the rudiments of astronomy and geography, the 2. shewing by the globes the solution of astronomical & geographical probl., the 3. shewing by the globes the solution of problems in navigation, the 4. shewing by the globes the solution of astrological problemes, the 5. shewing by the globes the solution of gnomonical problemes, the 6. shewing by the globes the solution of of spherical triangles : more fully and amply then hath ever been set forth either by Gemma Frisius, Metius, Hues, Wright, Blaew, or any others that have taught the use of the globes: and that so plainly and methodically that the meanest capacity may at first reading apprehend it, and with a little practise grow expert in these divine sciences

Publication place

London

Publisher

Joseph Moxon

Transcription source

EEBO/TCP

Text type

printed book

Genre

Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions

Subject area

Summary

Explanations of things studied in these sciences often introduce chapters and subsections.

Language

headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English

Word-group

type: undifferentiated

Word-entry

type: other
sample: A Globe according to the Mathematical Definition, is a perfect and exact round Body contained under one surface.

Wing

M3021

Other editions

1665: Wing M3027bA;
1670: Wing M2023;
1674: Wing M3024;
1686: Wing M3025;
1698: Wing M3026A;
1699: Wing M3027 and M3027aA