A catalogue of books in the library of the Company of clockmakers

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Page 2 - Eclaircissemens sur l'Invention, la Théorie, la Construction, et les Epreuves des Nouvelles Machines proposées en France pour la détermination des Longitudes en Mer, par la Mesure du Temps,
Page 14 - added, various Methods of determining the Latitude of a Place, and Variation of the Compass; with new Tables 2 vols. in
Page 13 - W.) Astronomical Observations made in St. John's College, Cambridge, in the years 1767 and 1768, with an Account of several Astronomical Instruments,
Page 21 - ROBERTSON (JOHN) Treatise of such Mathematical Instruments as are usually put into a Portable Case; with an Appendix, third edition,
Page 14 - MACKAY (ANDREW) The Theory and Practice of finding the Longitude at Sea or Land; to which
Page 6 - (JOHN) An Account of the Influence which Two Pendulum Clocks were observed to have upon each other 4to.
Page 24 - at the Old Bailey, April 9, 1816, for Transposing and Removing the Marks of the Goldsmiths' Company from one Watch-case to another. Taken in Short-hand by JA Dowling 8vo.
Page 26 - WALES (WILLIAM) Method of finding the Longitude at Sea by Timekeepers, with Tables of Equations to equal Altitudes 8vo.
Page 6 - EQUATION of TIME, and Use of the Table for Adjusting Watches and Clocks to the Motion of the Sun
Page 11 - pour l'An 1811, ou précis de ce qui concerne le Tems, ses Divisions, ses Mesures, leurs Usages, &c.

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