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[Commentary:
Mr Baker, mentioned in this and other pages on ship-building, was the shipwright Matthew Baker (1529/30–1613).
For further details see: ‘Matthew Baker and the art of the shipwright’ in
Johnston
E Marlow was Captain Edmund Marlow (d. 1615), described ten years after his death as 'an excellent man in the Art of Navigation, and all the Mathematicks'; Purchas 1625, i,
Note the rare appearance of a date on this page: 28 February, 1607 in the older Julian calendar or 1608 in the modern Gregorian calendar, though the latter was not adopted in England until 1752.]
E Marlow was Captain Edmund Marlow (d. 1615), described ten years after his death as 'an excellent man in the Art of Navigation, and all the Mathematicks'; Purchas 1625, i,
Note the rare appearance of a date on this page: 28 February, 1607 in the older Julian calendar or 1608 in the modern Gregorian calendar, though the latter was not adopted in England until 1752.]
[a].) for the mastes of ships (mayne mast)
By experience: as the bredth
the
the
Data: Mastes
1o Quæritur: diameter hyperboles?
per, 21, p: lib. 1.
Appol.
hoc est:
dantur omnes præter , sit igitur .
unde per æquationem
[Translation: 1. There is sought , the diameter of a hyperbola?
By Proposition I.21 of Apollonius,
that is:
There are given all besides , therefore let there be ,
whence by the equation are ]
( etiam dicitur
latus
[Translation: ( is also said to be the latus transversum)
per, 21, p: lib. 1.
Appol.
hoc est:
dantur omnes præter , sit igitur .
unde per æquationem
[Translation: 1. There is sought , the diameter of a hyperbola?
By Proposition I.21 of Apollonius,
that is:
There are given all besides , therefore let there be ,
whence by the equation are ]
( etiam dicitur
latus
[Translation: ( is also said to be the latus transversum)
2o Quæritur , latus rectum. (figuræ , )
vel linea iuxta quam possunt ordinatim applicatæ.
per eandem
21, p: lib. 1.
Appol.
hoc est:
datur igitur , latus
[Translation: 2. There is sought , the latus rectum (, in the figure), or adjacent lines which can be applied ordinates.
By the same Proposition I.21 of Apollonius,
that is:
Therefore there is given , the latus rectum.
lineæ et &c.
dicuntur lineæ
ordinatim
[Translation: the lines and etc. are said to be the applied ordinates.
vel linea iuxta quam possunt ordinatim applicatæ.
per eandem
21, p: lib. 1.
Appol.
hoc est:
datur igitur , latus
[Translation: 2. There is sought , the latus rectum (, in the figure), or adjacent lines which can be applied ordinates.
By the same Proposition I.21 of Apollonius,
that is:
Therefore there is given , the latus rectum.
lineæ et &c.
dicuntur lineæ
ordinatim
[Translation: the lines and etc. are said to be the applied ordinates.
3o Quæritur , linea cuius quadratum æquatur
quartæ parti figuræ.
per 1,p: 2i lib.
Appol.
[…]
unde habetur . et inde ducuntur
, et asymptoti (per centrum )
Et inde hyperbole
[Translation: 3. There is sought , the line whose square equals a fourth prt of the figure.
By Proposition II.1 of Apollonius,
Whence is had , and hence there may be drawn and , the asympototes, and hence the hyperbola is described.
quartæ parti figuræ.
per 1,p: 2i lib.
Appol.
[…]
unde habetur . et inde ducuntur
, et asymptoti (per centrum )
Et inde hyperbole
[Translation: 3. There is sought , the line whose square equals a fourth prt of the figure.
By Proposition II.1 of Apollonius,
Whence is had , and hence there may be drawn and , the asympototes, and hence the hyperbola is described.
To find the lengths of other mastes by numbers.
Let the bredth: (, or ) be
taken in tenths of a foote & then
,
& so for any others.
Invented this: Feb: 28th 1607/1608.
& gave it to E. Marlow
for Mr Baker the
Let the bredth: (, or ) be
taken in tenths of a foote & then
,
& so for any others.
Invented this: Feb: 28th 1607/1608.
& gave it to E. Marlow
for Mr Baker the