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Barker, Joseph · 1759 · 8 pictures

A manuscript navigation treatise by Joseph Barker, dated 1759, consisting of handwritten geometric instructions for finding positions and variations at sea. Its pages present hand-drawn circles with chords, arcs and lettered points, with explanatory text beside and below each diagram.

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