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Captain Webber, probably fixed his residence in 

 London, as the title-page of his work on " A 

 " practical method for finding the Longitude and 

 ft Latitude of a Ship at sea, by observations of 

 " the Moon, &c.", published in 1763, describes 

 him as " Teacher of the Mathematics in Three* 

 " Tuns-Court, Miles-lane, near the Monument, 

 " London." In 1777 he published " An Epi- 

 " tome of theoretical and practical Navigation," 

 in 4to., wherein he is described as " Teacher of 

 " the Mathematics ; late Mathematical Master 

 " of the Royal Academy at Portsmouth. "* An 

 account of some other works of our author is 

 given in the " BibliothecaBritannica," by Watts, 

 who describes him as Teacher of the Mathema- 

 tics, London, probably iipon the authority I 

 have already mentioned. 



The Rev. JOHN KING, B. A., a native of West 

 Witton, near Middleham, was presented to the 

 curacy of St Mary's, in this town, in 1777 : and 

 continued to officiate there, as Minister, until 

 his death, in the year 1782. He was the author 

 of several " Sermons on important subjects," 

 which being selected from his papers, by the 



In the above, which is Mr. Waddington's principal work, he states 

 that the latitudes and longitudes of Flamborough Head and the Spurn are 

 incorrectly given in Jeffrey's Survey of Yorkshire; and he describes the 

 bearings of the latter place to be as follows ; " The Light House on the 

 " Spurn bears from St. Trinity Church, at Hull, S. 51. 50'. E. or S. E. 

 " 1 13' E. distance sixteen miles. Dep. 13, 2x. Lon. 23'. v Hull is 12' W. 

 "Lon. and the Spurn L. H. 11' E. [/Ve/. p. viii.j 



