The New American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation; Containing All the Tables Necessary to be Used with the Nautical Almanac, in Determining the Latitude, and the Longitude by Lunar Observations ... : With an Appendix Containing Methods of Calculating Eclipses of the Sun and Moon ...Edmund M. Blunt, Proprietor and author of the American coast pilot ; John Gray & Company, Print., 1826 - 617 σελίδες |
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... divided by the number following it , as 72 + 12 shows that 72 is to be divided by 12. Division may also be denoted by placing two points between the numbers , thus , 72 : 12 represents 72 divided by 12 72 or by placing the numbers thus ...
... divided by the number following it , as 72 + 12 shows that 72 is to be divided by 12. Division may also be denoted by placing two points between the numbers , thus , 72 : 12 represents 72 divided by 12 72 or by placing the numbers thus ...
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... divided ; and the upper number 1 , is called the numerator , and shows how many of those equal parts are contained in the fraction . And it is evident that if the numerator and denominator be varied in the same ratio , the value of the ...
... divided ; and the upper number 1 , is called the numerator , and shows how many of those equal parts are contained in the fraction . And it is evident that if the numerator and denominator be varied in the same ratio , the value of the ...
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... divided by 12 is 7 . 24 ) 7.000 ( -291 Answer . 48 220 216 40 21 16 24 EXAMPLE V. Reduce 1 foot and 6 inches to the decimal of a yard . Here 1 foot 6 inches - 18 inches . And 1 yard 36 inches , therefore this fraction is 18 . 36 36 ) ...
... divided by 12 is 7 . 24 ) 7.000 ( -291 Answer . 48 220 216 40 21 16 24 EXAMPLE V. Reduce 1 foot and 6 inches to the decimal of a yard . Here 1 foot 6 inches - 18 inches . And 1 yard 36 inches , therefore this fraction is 18 . 36 36 ) ...
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... divided . A new division of the circumference of the circle bas lately been adopted by several eminent French mathematicians , in which the quadrant is divided into 100 ° , each degree into 100 , each mi- nute into 100 " , & c . and ...
... divided . A new division of the circumference of the circle bas lately been adopted by several eminent French mathematicians , in which the quadrant is divided into 100 ° , each degree into 100 , each mi- nute into 100 " , & c . and ...
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... divided . into four equal parts or quadrants ; bisect each of these quadrants again by right lines drawn through the centre , and the circle will be divided into eight equal parts ; and so you may continue the bisections any number of ...
... divided . into four equal parts or quadrants ; bisect each of these quadrants again by right lines drawn through the centre , and the circle will be divided into eight equal parts ; and so you may continue the bisections any number of ...
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anchor angular distance apparent altitude arch azimuth bearing calculation central index centre chronometer circle co-sec co-sine column compass corresponding course sailed degrees diameter Diff difference of latitude difference of longitude Dist divided draw elapsed equal equator error EXAMPLE feet Funchal given gives Greenwich half sum horizon glass hour angle hypotenuse instrument latitude and departure line of numbers logarithm mean meridian altitude method middle latitude miles minutes moon moon's multiplied Nautical Almanac nearly noon object observed altitude obtained parallax parallel passing the meridian perpendicular Plane Sailing points poles quadrant radius 90 refraction right ascension rule sea account secant semi-diameter sextant ship ship's side sine square star subtracted sun's declination sun's lower limb Suppose taken tangent telescope tion TRAVERSE TABLE triangle true altitude true distance tude variation watch wind zenith distance
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Σελίδα 10 - 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 5 - In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides the legs.
Σελίδα 187 - If the vessel be double-decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the main stem, to the after part of the stern post, above the upper deck"; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales...
Σελίδα 28 - To find the logarithm of a vulgar fraction. RULE. Subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator...
Σελίδα 240 - Sear up, or bear away, is to change the course of a ship, in order to make her run before the wind...
Σελίδα 13 - TO THEIR DIFFERENCE ; So IS THE TANGENT OF HALF THE SUM OF THE OPPOSITE ANGLES', To THE TANGENT OF HALF THEIR DIFFERENCE.
Σελίδα 205 - The cause of the tides is the unequal attraction of the sun and moon upon different parts of the earth. For they attract the parts of the earth's surface nearest to them, with a greater force than they do its centre : and attract the centre more than they do the opposite surface. To restore this equilibrium the waters take a spheroidal figure, whose longer axis is directed towards the attracting luminary.
Σελίδα 187 - ... take the depth from the under side of the deck plank to the ceiling in the hold, then multiply and divide as aforesaid, and the quotient shall be deemed the tonnage.
Σελίδα 6 - CO-SINE of an arch is the sine of the complement of that arch, or of what that arch wants of a quadrant ; thus AH being a quadrant, the arch SH is the complement of the arch AS ; SZ is the sine of the arch SH, or the co-sine of the arch AS. XXI. The VERSED SINE of an arch is that part of the diameter...
Σελίδα 91 - The index and horizon glasses must be perpendicular to the plane of the instrument, and their planes parallel to each other, when the index division of the vernier is at 0° on the arc ; and the optical axis of the telescope must be parallel to the plane of the instrument. We shall speak separately of each of these adjustments.