| 1977 - 1412 σελίδες
...Having been convinced of this truth, the ship was kept on her course, ENE, the wind being still SE, and in less than an hour, Small's light was made bearing ENE % E., and close aboard." In 1843 Sumner published his book, A New and Accurate Method of Finding a Ship's Position at Sea by... | |
| Thomas H. Sumner - 1845 - 130 σελίδες
...Having been convinced of this truth, the ship was kept on her course, ENE, the wind being still SE, and in less than an hour, Small's light was made, bearing ENE i E., and close aboard. The latitude by dead reckoning, was erroneous 8 miles ; and if the longitude... | |
| Thomas H. Sumner - 1845 - 106 σελίδες
...Having been convinced of this truth, the ship was kept on her course, ENE, the wind being still SE, and in less than an hour, Small's light was made, bearing ENE i E., and close aboard. The latitude by dead reckoning, was erroneous 8 miles; and if the longitude... | |
| Thomas H. Sumner - 1851 - 104 σελίδες
...Having been convinced of this truth, the ship was kept on her course, ENE, the wind bearing still SE, and in less than an hour, Small's light was made,...close aboard. The latitude by dead reckoning, was erroneous 8 miles ; and if the longitude by chronometer had been found by this latitude, the ship's... | |
| Nathaniel Bowditch - 1906 - 670 σελίδες
...must be somewhere on that line. The ship was kept on the course ENE., and in less than an hour Smalls light was made, bearing ENE. $ E. and close aboard....miles too far S. and 31' 30" of longitude too far . W., and the result to the ship might have teen disastrous had this wrong position been adopted. This... | |
| 1938 - 624 σελίδες
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| Nathaniel Bowditch - 1931 - 866 σελίδες
...must be somewhere on that line. The ship was kept on the course ENE., and in less than an hour Smalls light was made, bearing ENE. $ E. and close aboard....miles too far S., and 31' 30" of longitude too far W., and the result to the ship might have been disastrous had this wrong position been adopted. This... | |
| Charles Clayton Wylie - 1942 - 472 σελίδες
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