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Common terms and phrases
azimuth bearing Center chart Chro chronometer Church circle Coast compass converting Dep Corr correction cosec cosines dead reckoning deviation Diff Difference of Latitude direction Dist E.
H. W.
L. W. Spg east equator error Extreme Flagstaff Greenwich Greenwich mean h. m.
h. m. ft Harbor HAVERSINE FORMULA horizon hour angle intersection Island Islet Latitude and Departure light Lighthouse logarithm Long longitude lunitidal interval magnetic MARITIME POSITIONS mean Mercator Sailing meridian altitude method Middle Latitude Middle Latitude Sailing miles multiplication of numbers nat hav navigator Neap noon numbers by sines Observatory observed altitude parallel plane right-angled triangles Plane Sailing Port POSITIONS AND TIDAL prime vertical right angles right ascension Rock sextant ship sight solution of plane station Summit Sumner line sun's telescope theodolite TIDAL DATA tides tower vertical vessel watch wind zenith distance
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Page 269 - Every circumference is regarded as being divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts, called minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. These divisions are indicated by the marks ° ' ". Thus 28 degrees, 17 minutes, and 49 seconds, are written 28° 17
Page 150 - Tusker light; the wind hauled SE, true, making the Irish coast a lee shore; the ship was then kept close to the wind, and several tacks made to preserve her position as nearly as possible until daylight; when nothing being in sight, she was kept on ENE under short sail, with heavy gales; at about 10 AM an altitude of the sun was observed, and the Chronometer time noted; but, having run so far without any observation, it was plain the Latitude by dead reckoning was liable to error, and could not be...
Page 62 - ... the fixed arm. To plot a position, the two angles observed between the three selected objects are set on the instrument, which is then moved over the chart until the three beveled edges pass respectively and simultaneously through the three objects. The center of the instrument will then mark the ship's position, which may be pricked on the chart or marked with a pencil point through the center hole. The...
Page 192 - THE requisite adjustments are the following : 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.
Page 273 - DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. RULE. From the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm of the divisor ; the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient EXAMPLE I.
Page 269 - THEOREM. Every section of a sphere, made by a plane, is a circle.
Page 2 - Navy, accurate and cheap nautical charts, sailing directions, navigators, and manuals of instructions for the use of all vessels of the United States, and for the benefit and use of navigators generally.
Page 269 - In a Right-angled Triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the Hypothenuse ; and the other two sides are called the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular.
Page 94 - Moon, having a distance of 90° or more, are brought into contact just at the wire of the telescope which is nearest the plane of the sextant, fixing the index, and altering the position of the instrument to make the objects appear on the other wire ; if the contact still remains perfect, the axis of the telescope is in proper adjustment ; if not, it must be altered by moving the two screws which fasten, to the up-and-down piece, the collar into which the telescope screws. This adjustment is not...
Page 105 - Sun, and other fundamental astronomical data for equi-distant intervals of Greenwich mean time. Part II, Ephemeris for the Meridian of Washington, gives the ephemerides of the fixed stars, sun, moon, and major planets for transit over the meridian of the old Naval Observatory, Washington.