(MARITIME) Sumner Thomas H A New and Accurate Method of Find

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(MARITIME.) Sumner, Thomas H. A New and Accurate Method of Finding a Ship's Position at Sea. 6 plates. [2], 79 pages. 8vo, publisher's gilt pictorial cloth, moderate wear; moderate foxing; early signature and later small bookplate on front pastedown. Boston, 1843

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first edition. "One of the most famous discoveries in the field of navigation. . . . The method in present use follows that of Sumner in considerable detail"--Struik, Yankee Science in the Making, 1948, pages 404-6.