The Complete Mathematical and General Navigation Tables: Including Every Table Required with the Nautical Almanc in Finding the Latitude and Longitude: with an Explanation of Their Construction, Use, and Application to Navigation and Nautical Astronomy, Trigonometry, Dialling, Gunnery, EtcSimpkin, Marshall, & Company, 1838 |
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... equator .. 296 4 . The equinoctial 297 5 . The meridian of any place . 297 6 . The first meridian . 297 ...... 7 . . 8 . 9 . The zenith of any place A vertical circle The horizon .... 297 297 297 10 . The ecliptic ... 298 11 . The ...
... equator .. 296 4 . The equinoctial 297 5 . The meridian of any place . 297 6 . The first meridian . 297 ...... 7 . . 8 . 9 . The zenith of any place A vertical circle The horizon .... 297 297 297 10 . The ecliptic ... 298 11 . The ...
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... and 316 . INTRODUCTORY PROBLEMS IN NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY . I. 11 . To convert longitude or parts of the equator into time To convert time into longitude . ......... . 341 342 Problem . Page . III . IV . To reduce xxviii CONTENTS .
... and 316 . INTRODUCTORY PROBLEMS IN NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY . I. 11 . To convert longitude or parts of the equator into time To convert time into longitude . ......... . 341 342 Problem . Page . III . IV . To reduce xxviii CONTENTS .
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... equator and poles To find the length of a pendulum for vibrating seconds at the equator and poles 726 728 XI . To find the length of a pendulum for vibrating half - seconds 729 XII . Given the time of descent of a heavy body ; to find ...
... equator and poles To find the length of a pendulum for vibrating seconds at the equator and poles 726 728 XI . To find the length of a pendulum for vibrating half - seconds 729 XII . Given the time of descent of a heavy body ; to find ...
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... equator will describe a great circle of 360 degrees in that time , and , consequently , pass the plane of any given meridian once in every 24 hours ; whence it is manifest that any given number of degrees of the equator will bear the ...
... equator will describe a great circle of 360 degrees in that time , and , consequently , pass the plane of any given meridian once in every 24 hours ; whence it is manifest that any given number of degrees of the equator will bear the ...
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... equator : the correction of altitude is particularly adapted to the be- ginning of the year 1836 ; but by means of its annual variation , which is determined for the sake of accuracy to the hundredth part of a second , it may be readily ...
... equator : the correction of altitude is particularly adapted to the be- ginning of the year 1836 ; but by means of its annual variation , which is determined for the sake of accuracy to the hundredth part of a second , it may be readily ...
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90 degrees add the log angle of meeting answering approximate auxiliary angle celestial object co-secant co-sine co-tangent co-versed sine comp computed Constant log Corr correction course and distance decimal fraction departure Diff difference of latitude difference of longitude distance sailed earth equal equator Example find the Angle find the Difference fixed star given angle Given arch given log given side hence hypothenuse A C leg AC mean solar merid meridian meridional difference middle latitude miles minutes moon's apparent altitude moon's horizontal parallax multiplied natural number natural sine natural versed sine Nautical Almanac noon observation perpendicular B C plane PROBLEM prop proportional log quadrant radius reduced refraction right angled right ascension right-hand rising and setting secant semidiameter ship side A B side BC sidereal day spherical distance spherical triangle star's subtracted Table tabular tangent trigonometry true altitude tude versed sine supplement
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Página 59 - Also, between the mean, thus found, .and the nearest extreme, find another geometrical mean, in the same manner ; and so on, till you are arrived within the proposed limit of the number whose logarithm is sought.
Página 206 - For the purpose of measuring angles, the circumference is divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds.
Página 258 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles...
Página 59 - ... progression, to which those indices belong. Thus, the indices 2 and 3, being added together, make 5 ; and the numbers 4 and 8, or the terms corresponding to those indices, being multiplied together, make 32, which is the number answering to the index 5.
Página 59 - And, if the logarithm of any number be divided by the index of its root, the quotient will be equal to the logarithm of that root. Thus the index or logarithm of 64 is 6 ; and, if this number be divided by 2, the quotient will be = 3, which is the logarithm of 8, or the square root of 64.
Página 152 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Página 153 - When there happens to be a remainder after the division ; or when the decimal places in the divisor are more than those in the dividend ; then ciphers may be annexed to the dividend, and the quotient carried on as far as required.
Página 154 - REDUCTION OF DECIMALS. CASE I. . To reduce a Vulgar Fraction to a Decimal Fraction of equal value.
Página 177 - II. The sine of the middle part is equal to the product of the cosines of the opposite parts.
Página 243 - II. the difference of latitude and departure corresponding to each course and distance, and set them in their respective columns : then the difference between the sums of the northings and southings will be the difference of latitude made good, of the same name with the greater ; and the difference between the sums of the eastings and westings will be the departure made good, of the same name with the greater quantity.