SHOST1 Shortrede, Captain Robert: SCHEME OF A TABLE FOR ALL TIME. Calcutta, 1841. pp. 595-612. 2 mobile circular diagrammatic inclusions (one loose). GBP 50.00 Offprint extracted from the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Volume 10, Issue 116 published in 1841. Shortrede was a 19th century naval officer, mathematician and cartographer who spent part of his career as a military engineer based in India. He devised an extensive number of mathematical and navigational tables. This contribution outlines his structure and methodology for the creation of the tables. Very scarce. Subjects: Science Foreigners in Item 568 in List 213. URL for this record: hanshan.com/?s/SHOST1.HTM Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |