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 - Nautical astronomy - 617 pages |
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... object of the publication was to collect into one volume all the rules , ex- amples and tables necessary for forming ... objects : the solu- tions being direct and simple , embracing all the cases of the problem : a point which has not ...
... object of the publication was to collect into one volume all the rules , ex- amples and tables necessary for forming ... objects : the solu- tions being direct and simple , embracing all the cases of the problem : a point which has not ...
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... object is visible at sea , calculated by the rule given in § 195 of Vince's Astronomy , in which the terrestrial refraction was noticed : this circumstance was neglected by Ro- bertson , Moore , and others , and of course their tables ...
... object is visible at sea , calculated by the rule given in § 195 of Vince's Astronomy , in which the terrestrial refraction was noticed : this circumstance was neglected by Ro- bertson , Moore , and others , and of course their tables ...
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... object , the proportional logarithm of the correction of the altitude of the object for parallax and refraction , and rejecting 20 from the index . The method of performing these calculations are so obvious , that it is unnecessary to ...
... object , the proportional logarithm of the correction of the altitude of the object for parallax and refraction , and rejecting 20 from the index . The method of performing these calculations are so obvious , that it is unnecessary to ...
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... object arising from a change of 100 seconds in the declina- tion . Most of the tables of this collection have been republished in London in several editions of a work having the following title : " The Improved Prac- tical Navigator ...
... object arising from a change of 100 seconds in the declina- tion . Most of the tables of this collection have been republished in London in several editions of a work having the following title : " The Improved Prac- tical Navigator ...
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... object by a circle 53 To measure the angular distance of the sun from the moon by a circle 58 76 77 77 78 85 36 38 ... objects , taken within a CONTENTS .
... object by a circle 53 To measure the angular distance of the sun from the moon by a circle 58 76 77 77 78 85 36 38 ... objects , taken within a CONTENTS .
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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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Page 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.
Page 5 - In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides the legs.
Page 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...
Page 28 - To find the logarithm of a vulgar fraction. RULE. Subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator...
Page 240 - Sear up, or bear away, is to change the course of a ship, in order to make her run before the wind...
Page 13 - TO THEIR DIFFERENCE ; So IS THE TANGENT OF HALF THE SUM OF THE OPPOSITE ANGLES', To THE TANGENT OF HALF THEIR DIFFERENCE.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.