Robert Hues

Tractatus de Globis et Eorum Usu

Herausgeber: Markham, Clements R.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume of the publications of the Hakluyt Society (1889) contains directions for using Molyneux's globes in calculating navigational points.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 486g
• ISBN-13: 9781108013499
• ISBN-10: 110801349X
• Artikelnr.: 31306057

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Latin title; English title; Table of contents from edition of
1594; Dedicatory epistle to Sir Walter Raleigh; Preface; Part 1. Of Those
Things Which are Common Both to the Coelestiall and Terrestriall Globe: 1.
What a globe is, with the parts therof, and of the circles of the globe; 2.
Of the circles which are described upon the superficies of the globe; 3. Of
the three positions of sphaeres: right, parallel, and oblique; 4. Of the
zones; 5. Of the amphiscii, heteroscii, and periscii; 6. Of the periaeci,
antaeci, and antipodes; 7. Of climates and parallels; Part II: 1. Of such
things as are proper to the coelestiall globe; and first of the planets; 2.
Of the fixed stars and their constellations; 3. Of the constellations of
the northerne hemisphere; 4. Of the northerne signes of the zodiaque; 5. Of
the constellations of the southerne hemisphere and first of those in the
zodiaque; 6. Of the constellations of the southern hemisphere, which are
without the zodiaque; 7. Of the starres which are not expressed in the
globe; Part III: 1. Of the geographical description of the terrestriall
globe; and the parts of the world not yet knowne; 2. Of the circumference
of the earth, or of a greater circle; and of the measure of a degree; Part
IV. Of the Use of Globes: 1. How to finde the longitude; latitude,
distance, and angle of position, or situation of any place expressed in the
terrestriall globe; 2. How to finde the latitude of any place; 3. How to
find the distance of two places, and angle of position, or situation; 4. To
finde the altitude of the sunne, or other starre; 5. To finde the place and
declination of the sunne for any day given; 6. How to finde the latitude of
any place by observing the meridian altitude of the sunne or other starre;
7. How to find the right and oblique ascension of the sunne and starres for
any latitude of place and time assigned; 8. How to finde out the
horizontall difference betwixt the meridian and verticall circle of the
sunne or any other starre (which they call the azimuth), for any time or
place assigned; 9. How to finde the houre of the day, as also the
amplitude, of rising and setting of the sunne and starres, for any time or
latitude of place; 10. Of the threefold rising and setting of stars; 11.
How to finde the beginning and end of twilight for any time, and latitude
of place; 12. How to find the length of the artificiall day or night, or
quantity of the sunne's parallel that remaines abaove the horizon, and that
is hid beneath it, for any latitude of place and time assigned. As also to
find the same of any other starres; 13. How to finde out the houre of the
day or night, both equall and unequall, for any tie of latitude of place;
14. How to finde out the longitude, latitude, and declination of any fixed
starre as it is expressed in the globe; 15. To finde the variation of the
compasse for any latitude of place; 16. How to make a sunne diall by the
globe for any latitude of place; Part V. Of the Rombes that are Described
in the Terrestriall Globe, and their Use. Of the Use of Rumbes in the
Terrestriall Globe: 1. The difference of longitude and latitude of two
places being knowne, how to find out the rumbe and distance of the same; 2.
The rumbe being known, and difference of longitude; how to find the
difference of latitude and distance; 3. The difference of longitude and
distance being given, how to find the rumbe and difference of latitude; 4.
The difference of longitude and rumbe being given, how to find the
difference of longitude and distance; 5. The difference of latitude and
distance being given, the rumbe and difference of longitude may be found;
6. The rumbe and difference being given, the difference of longitude and
latitude may also be found; Indexes. Sailing directions for the
circumnavigation of England, and for a voyage to the Straits of Gibraltar.