 | Great Britain. Hydrographic Department - 1897 - 938 pages
...position is obtained. By taking the bearings of two points and four points on the bow, a very good position is obtained before the object is passed ;...at the second position being, as before, equal to A table of factors, by which to multiply the distance run, to obtain the distance of the object when... | |
 | 1900 - 580 pages
...position is obtained. By taking the bearings of two points and four points on the bow, a very good position is obtained before the object is passed ;...distance run in the interval, allowing for current. A table of factors, by which to multiply the distance run, to obtain the distance of the object when... | |
 | 1900 - 48 pages
...position is obtained. By taking the bearings of two points and four points on the bow, a very good position is obtained before the object is passed ;...distance run in the interval, allowing for current. 25. DANGER ANGLE. — The use of a danger angle in passing outlying rocks with land behind should also... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - 1902 - 600 pages
...obtained. By taking the bearings of 2 points and 4 points on the bow, however, as in Fig. 21, a very good position is obtained before the object is passed, the distance of the latter at the second bearing being, as shown, equal to the distance run in the interval." The student should notice that... | |
 | 1902 - 650 pages
...obtained. By taking the bearings 2 points and 4 points on the bow, however, as in Fig. 8, a very good position is obtained before the object is passed, the distance of the latter at the second bearing being, as shown, equal to the distance run in the interval." The student should notice that... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - 1902 - 388 pages
...obtained. By taking the bearings 2 points and 4 points on the bow, however, as in Fig. 8, a very good position is obtained before the object is passed, the distance of the latter at the second bearing being, as shown, equal to the distance run in the interval." The student should notice that... | |
 | 1911 - 684 pages
...position is obtained. By taking the bearings of two points and four points on the bow. a very good position is obtained before the object is passed ;...distance run in the interval, allowing for current. This is, however, only strictly true if the current is directly with or against the course of the ship.... | |
 | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - 1912 - 178 pages
...advantage with the compass bearings and a better fix obtained than by two bearings alone. TROUBLING THE ANGLE ON THE Bow.— The method of fixing by doubling...abeam; such beam bearings and distances, with the times, should be continuously recorded as fresh departures, the importance of which will be appreciated... | |
 | United States. Hydrographic Office - 1915 - 1286 pages
...If the accuracy of the chart is doubtful, the compass should be used in preference to the sextant. When the three lines do not intersect in a point,...abeam; such beam bearings and distances, with the times, should be continuously recorded as fresh departures, the importance of which will be appreciated... | |
 | United States. Hydrographic Office - 1915 - 658 pages
...If the accuracy of the chart is doubtful, the compass should be used in preference to the sextant. When the three lines do not intersect in a point,...abeam; such beam bearings and distances, with the times, should be continuously recorded as fresh departures, the importance of which will be appreciated... | |
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Doubling the angle on the bow. — The method of fixing by doubling the angle on the bow is invaluable. The ordinary form of it, the so-called "bow and beam bearing," the distance from the object at the latter position being the distance run between the... 
