The mariner's jewel: or, a pocket companion for the ingenious. Containing decimal arithmetick; extraction of the square root; to know the burthen, and how to rig a ship; with an Easy and Exact Method for all Gunners, Carpenters, and Boatswanes, whereby to know the Expence of their Stores every Month, and what they have Remaining; with Proper Directions for making of Masts and Yards according to Proportion; With a new List of the Royal Navy; A General Pay-Table for all Degrees of Men; An Abstract of Parliament for the Encouragement of Seamen, with Her Majesty's Approbation hereto; A Guide for Pursers and Stewards; The most usual Terms at Sea explain'd, with Directions how to work a Ship at Sea; And a Compendium of Sea-Gunnery; With several other things needful to be understood by all Sorts of Sea-Faring Men. By James Love, Mathematician.

People / Organizations

• H. and ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for H. and J. Tracy, at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge, 1724.

Publication year

1724-1724

ESTC No.

T113072

Grub Street ID

165025

Description

164,[4]p. : ill. ; 12⁰

Note

With an initial leaf of advertisements.

The last two leaves contain the contents and advertisements.

Uncontrolled note

P.19 misnumbered 29