category: nautical astronomy

New American Practical Navigator

... Dragon .. 336 358 Bocas Grande Island .. 355 354 Bodie Island ... 332 350 Boeton Boetona .. 355 352 Bogo ... 355 349 Bogskaren .. 343 334 Boi Point .. 337 356 354 Bokel Cay . 333 334 Bokfjord . 341 346 Bolinao , Cape .. 356 345 Bolivar ...

Proportional Formulae, Bi-complex and Tri-complex, Or A System, Algebraically Derived from the Nature of Proportionals, for the Facilitation of that Process in Arithmetic Commonly Called the Rule of Three

John Lee (of Cambridge, Mass.) REMARK . The following notes will facilitate the management of the two fractions which appear in each of these formulæ . NOTE 1. If to any integral number , a fraction whose numerator is 0 be appended by ...

A treatise on navigation, and nautical astronomy

... A C 193 and B C 150 = 52 ° 197 Difference for one degree + 4 Now 40 ′ 30 ′′ being about AC 193 + 3 of 4 nearly , whence A C = 1956 nearly . of 5.2 = 150 + 34 155.2 +5.2 of a degree , we have the tenth part of = 193 + 26 nearly = 1956 ...

American Practical Navigator

... STAR FINDER . plankton , n . Floating , drifting , or feebly swimming plant ... sheet glass obtained by rolling , grinding , and polishing . platform ... sheet rep- resenting the progress of a vessel , a curve of magnetic azimuths vs ...

The American Practical Navigator: An Epitome of Navigation

... Beyond Sea Horizon 2. 2 5. 5 7.7 3. 4 5. 5 08 2.2 2.5 5. 2 5. 9 9. 5 4. 1 ... 5. 3 1. 0 6. 0 6.7 0 35 1. 1 1. 3 40 0 40 1. 4 1. 7 1.9 2. 2 2.8 3. 4 4. 1 ... Beyond Sea Horizon TABLE 15 Distance by Vertical Angle Measured Between Sea Horizon ...

American Practical Navigator

Nathaniel Bowditch. Apparent Altitude . Mean Re- fraction . Mean Refraction . [ Barometer , 30 inches . Fahrenheit's Thermometer , 50 ° . ] Mean Re- fraction . " 239495849423849483 4.6 5 2.3 20 3 4.6 1 04.7 1 03.9 1 03.2 1 02.4 1 01.7 1 ...

A Treatise on Nautical Astronomy: For the Use of Students

For the Use of Students John Merrifield. Draw Z Z ' an arc of a circle around the pole X ' . Now , angle m Z Z ' + Z ' Z X ' + X ' ZS two right angles , and Z ' Z X is a right angle ; .. m Z Z ' is complementary to X ' ZS and X ' Z Z ...

A Complete Set of Nautical Tables: Containing All that are Requisite

... o 63 430 Var . 22 ° E. Le Maire's Straits , C.Good Success 55 1 30 65 18 0 Cape Sta . Ines ... 54 8o . 66 58 Cape St. Sebastian 53 27 67 59 68 26 0 68 18 ο -Corrobano Pt .. 6 48 o oo o Cape Barma . R. Essequebo , ent . 70 O Cape Nassau ...

The Practice of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

... deviation there found , must be caused by the ship's permanent force . Hence if , near the magnetic equator , the semi- ircular deviation be corrected by magnets , any deviation sub- sequently found , arising from change of place ...

Byrne's Treatise on Navigation and Nautical Astronomy ...

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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 ...

... winds on this coast are generally between the south and W. S. W. they are obliged to steer S. S. E. or south , and ... westward . For the same reason , those bound from America to Europe endeavour to gain the latitude of 30 degrees , where ...

American Practical Navigator: An Epitome of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

... refraction being the angle between the lines BS and AS ' . If CAZ is the ... refraction increases the apparent altitude of a star without affecting its ... sea horizon below the true horizon , due to the elevation of the eye of the ...

New American Practical Navigator

... course off the same bow as the apparent direction . To find the direction in compass points , enter the table at bottom of page . Use the upper part if the wind is off port bow and the lower part if off starboard bow . In the left ...

O livro de marinharia de André Pires

... tabuadas , por respeito às quais Tabelas Solares tabuadas servem desta maneira , convém a saber : as primeiras tabuadas ( 106 ) servem no ano após bissexto ; e as segundas 1 tabuadas servem a [ o ] s dois anos após bissexto ; e a terceira ...

The American Practical Navigator: An Epitome of Navigation

... 407c . Geographic Range of a light . 401 20 INDIA 0- 100 170 140 160 " 180 ... chart 5090 , Maneu- vering Board . Five - digit numbers are assigned to ... chart index . See Figure 343b . The first of the five digits indicates the region ...

Reed's Nautical Almanac: North American East Coast

... Key 2 7 7 10 15 8 Subm pile R 1 0 9 1 G Cy's Stoke Stake PA , PA PA 15 FDED BRIDGES D Stake HOR CL 52 FT 9 4167 VENT CL 16 FT Cadie Are 3 14 8 Stoke R G11 7 8 Subor pile 1 PA - 12 Wks PA R 10 R6 14 , R 3 FIG 46 18 9 10 5 1 Obsin PO 8 11 ...

The Elements of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy: A Text-book of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy

... Solar- composite great circle day current system direction tide great circle time Mercator Solstice Middle latitude Sosigenes parallel Sound , speed in water plane Sounding machine traverse Satellites Special angles Speed error Scale ...

American Practical Navigator

... 350 0 41 4 , 43 QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE +3 41 34 31 3 31 31 3 34 P 3 23 S 25 25 2 25 25 2 COMMERCE Being filled 23 FI WRG 5 $ 91ft 7,5M Chy 220 250 Mas 250 500 OSTACK ( 157 ) . Gillis Sta . 15 33 2 43 ... are explained in Chapter 9 , Tides and.

The American Practical Navigator: An Epitome of Navigation

... 139 171 .95867 1 04133 172 .96047 .03953 14 .96005 140 171 . 03995 171 138 .96187 . 03813 1 138 2 15 169 171 16 169 ... CSC tan Diff . 1 ' cot sec Diff . 1 ' cos + 175 ° 5o → Diff . sin 1 ' CSC tan Diff . 1 ' cot sec ↓ ↓ Diff . 1 ...

American Practical Navigator: An Epitome of Navigation

... 139. Trigonometric functions are the various proportions or ratios of the ... csc 0 = - - hypotenuse side opposite hypotenuse secant 0 sec 0 = side ... CSC 8 1 sec @ 1 tan 0 = cot 0 1 CSC 0 = - sin 1 sec = COS 0 1 cot 0 = - tan 0 In ...

American Practical Navigator: An Epitome of Navigation : Originally by Nathaniel Bowditch, LL.D.

... CSC Diff . 1 ' tan Diff . 1 ' Diff . -152 ° cot sec 1 ' COS Diff . ↓ 1 ' 1 0 0.45399 .45425 2. 20269 126 . 20143 ... 139 13 10 0. 45658 2. 19019 0.51319 1.94858 1. 12400 0.88968 50 124 11 .45684 37 140 . 18895 13 123 12 . 45710 . 18772 .

New American Practical Navigator

Ө 0 RA R 1 B F FIGURE 139a . - Similar right triangles . 139. Trigonometric functions are the various proportions or ... csc 0 = = hypotenuse side opposite hypotenuse secant 0 sec 0 = side adjacent side adjacent cotangent 0 = cot 0 = side ...

Tables from American Practical Navigator

... sheets are blank charts showing only the graticule of latitude and longi ... sheets , each series of a different size . Details are given in Pub . No. 1 - N ... Star Finder and Identifier . H.O. Misc . 10578 , Eskimo Place Names and Aids ...

Celestial Navigation by Star Sights: Including Perpetual Almanac of Stars and Star Finder

Including Perpetual Almanac of Stars and Star Finder Hewitt Schlereth. 13 The Plotting Sheet I I SO FAR , we have been plotting star lines , DR positions and assumed positions on the passage chart . Doing this , however , soon produces a ...

A complete epitome of practical navigation

... Island St. Germain Coutances St. Matthew's Light .48 19 34 4 45 39 North and West Coasts of Spain . Noirmoutier I. , S. Pt . 47 Bouin Island 2 32 2 21 5 0 5 2 14 7 46 58 30 2 0 12 Isle D'Yeu , W. Point 46 42 26 2 19 35 St. Gilles 46 40 ...

A Complete Epitome of Practical Navigation: And Nautical Astronomy, Containing All Necessary Instructions for Keeping a Ship's Reckoning at Sea: with the Most Approved Methods of Ascertaining the Latitude and Longitude ... Together with a Correct and Extensive Set of Tables, Preceded by a Copious Explanation of Each Table

And Nautical Astronomy, Containing All Necessary Instructions for Keeping a Ship's Reckoning at Sea ... deck - plan is fixed to an upright bar which passes into the centre of a ... plan , and also the iron beams athwartship beneath the ...

American Practical Navigator: An Epitome of Navigation

... rapid map compilation of large areas , the type of information obtained from obliques is adequate for only small - scale maps of a reconnaissance nature . The use of high oblique photos for mapping is more limited than that of verticals ...

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