The Young Man S Best Companion Or The New Book Of Knowledge In Which Are Comprised Writing Arithmetic And Astronomy Etc

Excerpt from The Young Man's Best Companion and Guide to Useful Knowledge Of the nature and distribution of the present publication an idea may be formed from the following table of contents. With respect to the selection of subjects it must be sutiicient to say, that those introduced seem to be the best adapted for the generality of readers, in the British public; and few readers will be found whfi although they have no direct call, will have no curiosity at least to inquire into the nature of sundry departments of knowledge, hitherto unnoticed in similar works, and indeed confined to the use of persons in particular situations and professions in me. Of this description is the 12th chapter on Navigation, a subject not onl in itself of the very first importance to the members of the Britis empire, but capable, when treated at proper length, of being rendered peculiarly interesting to many other classes of readers besides that of mariners. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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