An Epitome of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy with the Improved Lunar Tables1842 - Nautical astronomy - 546 pages |
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84 86 APPARENT 86 APPARENT DISTANCE Altitudes and Horizontal angle Apparent Altitude Argo Navis azimuth called Cape celestial centre chronometer circle Co-secant Co-sine Co-tang co.ar compass constellations correction corresponding decimal Degrees diameter difference of latitude difference of longitude Dist Dep Dist Lat distance run earth ecliptic equal equator find the difference fixed star given Greenwich Greenwich mean H.Ang height index error island latitude and longitude Logarithmic Sines Long mean meridian altitude mh mh miles minutes moon Moon's Horizontal Parallax motion Nautical Almanac noon observed altitude orbit Parallel Sailing perp Plane Sailing planet polar distance PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS refraction right ascension sails Secant semidiameter sextant ship from latitude Star's sub sub subtract Sun or Star sun's declination sun's lower limb Sun's true Tangent Traverse Table triangle true altitude true distance variation zenith