Presented by 2. S. Mitchell. 3. On the Hygrometer. 12. Astronomy. 13. Sailing directions for the Madeiras, Cana- 14. Directions for sailing round Cape Horn, 15. Practical Seamanship. 9. On the causes of the errors of the Mariner's 17. Stratagems for escaping from the enemy at Compass. 10. On Magnetism. 11. On Electricity and the Lightning Chain and Rod. sea. 18. Several sketches of trade not generally ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES. TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED, A COMPENDIUM OF MARINE LAW, AND Mercantile Regulations and Customs; BEING A CORRECT AND USEFUL GUIDE TO ALL MEN IN BUSINESS, ESPECIALLY THOSE MARINE INSURANCE LAWS: THE DUTY, AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF MASTERS OF VESSELS, COMMERCIAL FORMS. BY THOMAS ARNOLD. PHILADELPHIA: PUBLISHED AND FOR SALE BY ROBERT DESILVER, No 110, Also for sale at no. 295, sÒUTH FRONT STRRET. August-1822. YK Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to wit: ******* BEIT REMEMBERED, that on the twenty-third day of February SEAL. in the forty-fifth year of the Independence of the United States, **** of America, A. D. 1821, THOMAS ARNOLD, of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: "The American Practical Lunarian and Seaman's Guide, by Thomas Ar. nold-containing important information on a great variety of subjects interesting both to the merchant and mariner. Being the result of forty years experience of a seafaring life, during twenty-eight of which the author has been actively employed as a master of vessels." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein mentioned."-And also to the Act, entitled," an Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, 'an Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the Arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other Prints." D. CALDWELL, Clerk of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. ERRATA. Page 318, line 13, for nine or ten inches, read nine or ten feet. Page 54, line 5, for noon and midnight on the 6th, read midnigh 6th, and noon on the 7th. |