The American Practical Navigator: An Epitome of NavigationParadise Cay Publications, 2002 - 879 pages Nathanial Bowditch first published this encyclopedic work in 1802. During the last two centuries over 75 editions, almost 1,000,000 copies, of Bowditch have been published by the US Government. It has lived because it has combined the best technologies of each generation of navigator. This Edition includes the latest advances in electronic navigation and digital charting technology. It also covers nonelectronic navigation such as celestial, plotting and dead reckoning. Bowditch contains numerous tables which have been valued for years by practicing navigators. Bowditch is carried on the bridge of every U.S. Navy ship and should be the mainstay of any serious navigator's library. Paradise Cay and Celestaire's commercial edition of Bowditch is a complete copy of the latest Government edition. |
Contents
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COMPASSES | 81 |
DEAD RECKONING | 99 |
PILOTING | 105 |
TIDES AND TIDAL CURRENTS | 129 |
PART 3 ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION | 149 |
PART 4 CELESTIAL NAVIGATION | 215 |
NAVIGATION TABLES EXPLANATION OF NAVIGATION TABLES | 556 |
LOGARITHMS OF NUMBERS | 565 |
NATURAL TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS | 575 |
COMMON LOGARITHMS OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS | 598 |
TRAVERSE TABLES | 621 |
CARTOGRAPHIC TABLES TABLE 5 NATURAL AND NUMERICAL CHART SCALES | 666 |
MERIDIONAL PARTS | 667 |
LENGTH OF A DEGREE OF LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE | 672 |
PART 5 NAVIGATIONAL MATHEMATICS | 315 |
PART 7 OCEANOGRAPHY | 332 |
PART 6 NAVIGATIONAL SAFETY | 361 |
THE OCEANS | 425 |
OCEAN CURRENTS | 433 |
WAVES BREAKERS AND SURF | 441 |
ICE NAVIGATION | 453 |
PART 8MARINE METEOROLOGY | 479 |
WEATHER ELEMENTS | 481 |
TROPICAL CYCLONES | 503 |
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS | 519 |
WEATHER ROUTING | 545 |
PILOTING TABLES TABLE 8 CONVERSION TABLE FOR METERS FEET AND FATHOMS | 673 |
CONVERSION TABLE FOR NAUTICAL AND STATUTE MILES | 674 |
SPEED TABLE FOR MEASURED MILE | 675 |
SPEED TIME AND DISTANCE | 676 |
DISTANCE OF THE HORIZON | 679 |
GEOGRAPHIC RANGE | 680 |
DIP OF THE SEA SHORT OF THE HORIZON | 682 |
DISTANCE BY VERTICAL ANGLE MEASURED BETWEEN SEA HORIZON AND TOP OF OBJECT BEYOND SEA HORIZON | 683 |
DISTANCE BY VERTICAL ANGLE MEASURED BETWEEN WATERLINE AT OBJECT AND TOP OF OBJECT | 685 |
DISTANCE BY VERTICAL ANGLE MEASURED BETWEEN WATERLINE AT OBJECT AND SEA HORIZON BEYOND OBJECT | 687 |
DISTANCE OF AN OBJECT BY TWO BEARINGS | 688 |
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Common terms and phrases
accuracy altitude Amver atmosphere azimuth bearing buoys calculated called celestial equator celestial horizon circle Coast Guard Common Logarithms compass computed correction course angle datum declination degaussing depth determine difference direction Dist distance Earth ECDIS equator error Figure frequency height Hemisphere horizon hydrographic icebergs indicate interpolation knots latitude light line of position longitude Loran magnetic maximum measured Mercator meters minutes Moon Nautical Almanac nautical charts nautical miles NIMA Notice to Mariners observer ocean operating parallel piloting plane plane sailing plot polar pole pressure radar radio range receiver rhumb line route sailing satellite scale sec Diff sextant ship ship's sight reduction signal soundings speed stars station storm surface tabulated temperature tidal tide track transit traverse table triangle Trigonometric Functions tropical cyclones vertical vessel wave weather wind