NAVIGATOR

, a person capable of conducting a ship at sea to any place proposed.

NAUTICAL Chart, the same as Sea-Chart.

Nautical Compass, the same as Sea-Compass.

Nautical Planisphere, a projection or construction of the terrestrial globe upon a plane, for the use of mariners; such as the Plane Chart, and Mercator's Chart.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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NADIR
NAKED
NAPIER
NATIVITY
NAVIGATION
* NAVIGATOR
NEAP
NEBULOUS
NEEDHAM (John Tuberville)
NEEDLE
NEGATIVE