The Practice of Navigation: And Nautical AstronomyJ. D. Potter, 1882 - 910 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα viii
... compass . For the sake of clearness , a different figure has been adopted for the argument and for the numbers in the body of each table . In the logarithms six places of figures only are employed , because a single result in which six ...
... compass . For the sake of clearness , a different figure has been adopted for the argument and for the numbers in the body of each table . In the logarithms six places of figures only are employed , because a single result in which six ...
Σελίδα ix
... compass , among the stores of every vessel beyond a mere coaster . It would be superfluous to attempt to prove that the hardships and privations consequent on missing a port , the losses of ships from being out in their reckonings , and ...
... compass , among the stores of every vessel beyond a mere coaster . It would be superfluous to attempt to prove that the hardships and privations consequent on missing a port , the losses of ships from being out in their reckonings , and ...
Σελίδα xiii
... Compass , and the Tables of Log Sines , & c . published separately in 1846 . Two approximate methods of determining the time , though of inferior value , are introduced , since a work aiming to be complete for practice should contain ...
... Compass , and the Tables of Log Sines , & c . published separately in 1846 . Two approximate methods of determining the time , though of inferior value , are introduced , since a work aiming to be complete for practice should contain ...
Σελίδα xvii
... COMPASS ..... 55 64 64 II . THE LOG and GLASSES . 80 III . THE SAILINGS 82 1. PLANE SAILING , WITH TRAVERSE , Current , and WINDWARD SAILINGS .. 82 .... II . PARALLEL SAILING , WITH MIDDLE LATitude , and MERCATOR'S SAILINGS 95 III ...
... COMPASS ..... 55 64 64 II . THE LOG and GLASSES . 80 III . THE SAILINGS 82 1. PLANE SAILING , WITH TRAVERSE , Current , and WINDWARD SAILINGS .. 82 .... II . PARALLEL SAILING , WITH MIDDLE LATitude , and MERCATOR'S SAILINGS 95 III ...
Σελίδα xix
... COMPASS ..... ... 308 I. BY THE AMPLITUDE II . BY THE AZIMUTH 308 310 III . BY ASTRONOMICAL BEARINGS 313 IX . THE TIDES 317 I. PHENOMENA OF THE TIDES 317 II . RULES FOR FINDING THE TIME OF HIGH WATER .. 323 III . TIDE OBSERVATIONS ...
... COMPASS ..... ... 308 I. BY THE AMPLITUDE II . BY THE AZIMUTH 308 310 III . BY ASTRONOMICAL BEARINGS 313 IX . THE TIDES 317 I. PHENOMENA OF THE TIDES 317 II . RULES FOR FINDING THE TIME OF HIGH WATER .. 323 III . TIDE OBSERVATIONS ...
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add the log altitude alts appears azim azimuth bearing celestial body centre chron chronometer circle compass Computation corr correction cosec D.Lat Dist decimal decl declination deviation diff difference direction divided employed equal equator error exceeds extr feet given gives greater Greenwich Date height of eye Hence horizon hour-angle interval latitude less logarithms longitude lunar magnetic mean measured meridian method miles moon moon's Nautical Almanac nearly noon observation parallax parallel Parallel Sailing Plane Sailing pole port prime vertical prop quantity reckoned reduce refraction result rhumb line Right Ascension sailing Semid sextant shews ship ship's side sine star subtract sum rejecting tens sun's TRAVERSE TABLE triangle true true alt variation watch
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Σελίδα 41 - The angle in a semicircle is a right angle ; the angle in a segment greater than a semicircle is less than a right angle; and the angle in a segment less than a semicircle is greater than a right angle.
Σελίδα 19 - The characteristic of a number less than 1 is found by subtracting from 9 the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant digit, and writing — 10 after the result.
Σελίδα 38 - A parallelogram is a four.sided figure, of which the opposite sides are parallel; and the diameter is the straight line joining two of its opposite angles.
Σελίδα vii - This is the more important, as very indistinct and erroneous notions prevail among practical persons on the subject of accuracy of computation ; and much time is, in consequence, often lost in computing to a degree of precision wholly inconsistent with that of the elements themselves. The mere habit of working invariably to a useless precision, while it can never advance the computer's knowledge of the subject, has the unfavourable tendency of deceiving those who are not aware of the true nature...
Σελίδα 147 - For the same body the semidiameter varies with the distance; thus, the difference of the sun's semidiameter at different times of the year is due to the change of the earth's distance from the sun; and similarly for the moon and the planets.
Σελίδα 22 - A CIRCLE is a figure bounded by a curve line called the circumference,* of which every point is at the same distance from a point within, called the centre. Thus, ABD is a circle, and C the centre.
Σελίδα 43 - ... section shall be parallel to the remaining side of the triangle. Let DE be drawn parallel to BC, one of the sides of the triangle ABC: then BD shall be to DA, as CE to EA. Join BE, CD; then the triangle BDE is equal...
Σελίδα 37 - ... the three interior angles of' a triangle are together equal to two right angles.
Σελίδα 39 - Hence it is plain that triangles on the same or equal bases, and between the same parallels, are equal, seeing (by cor.
Σελίδα 105 - The distance between two points on the surface of a sphere is the length of the minor arc of a great circle between them.