A Complete Set of Nautical Tables: Containing All that are Requisite, with the Nautical Almanac, in Keeping a Ship's Reckoning at Sea and in Ascertaining the Latitude and Longitude by Celestial Observations ... ; Likewise Astronomical Problems for Finding the Latitude ...1803 - 252 pages |
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30 Cape 45 Cape America Anambas apparent distance Cape Negro Cape St Cattegat Co-sec Co-sine Sine Co-tang Coaft Coast corr corresponding D's app Difference of Latitude Dist Dep Dist Lat England entr EQUATIONS TO EQUAL EXAMPLE find the LATITUDE France given Meridian Greenwich Harbour Head high water Holland Horizontal Parallax Ireland Island Isle Latitude and Departure LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES LOGARITHMIC DIFFERENCE LOGARITHMIC SINES LOGARITHMS OF NUMBERS m.jh Moon's Apparent Altitude Moon's Declination natural co-sine natural number natural sine Nautical Almanac noon North North North North Sea O O O O O O oooooo Parallax Places Port Port St PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMS Pulo right ascension River Rock Scotland Secant seconds semidiameter ship Shoal South Point South West Pt subtracted SUN'S DECLINATION Sun's Longitude Sun's right ascension taken Tang TANGENTS true altitude true distance Wales ΙΟ ΙΟ ΙΟ