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Common terms and phrasesanchor arch azimuth bearing cable calculated central altitude central index centre chord circle co-sec co-sine column compass corresponding decimal degrees diameter Diff difference of latitude difference of longitude Dist divided draw elapsed equal equator error EXAMPLE extent will reach feet find the course Funchal given Greenwich half sum haul horizon glass hour angle hypotenuse instrument latitude and departure line of numbers line of sines logarithm lower limb mean meridian altitude method middle latitude miles minutes moon moon's multiplied Nautical Almanac nearly noon object observed altitude parallax parallel Parallel Sailing passing the meridian perpendicular Plane Sailing points quadrant radius 90 refraction right ascension rule sea account secant semi-diameter sextant ship ship's side slider star staysail subtracted sun's declination Suppose Table taken tangent telescope tion triangle true altitude tude variation wind zenith distance Popular passagesPage 17 - In any plane triangle, the sum of any two sides is to their difference as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference. By Theorem II. we have a : b : : sin. A : sin. B. Page 32 - To find the logarithm of a vulgar fraction. RULE. Subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator... Page 199 - If the vessel be double-decked, take the length thereof from the fore part of the main stem, to the after part of the stern post, above the upper deck"; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales... Page 6 - The circumference of a circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees, and each degree into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds, &c. Page 219 - The cause of the tides is the unequal attraction of the sun and moon upon different parts of the earth. For they attract the parts of the earth's surface nearest to them, with a greater force than they do its centre : and attract the centre more than they do the opposite surface. To restore this equilibrium the waters take a spheroidal figure, whose longer axis is directed towards the attracting luminary. Page 33 - DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. RULE. From the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm of the divisor ; the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient EXAMPLE I. Page 6 - A plane rectilineal angle is the inclination of two straight lines to one another, which meet together, but are not in the same straight line. Page 257 - Broadside; a discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship, both above and below. Page 218 - ... near the longitude of Sumatra and Java. In the tract between Sumatra and the African coast, and from 3° of south latitude, quite northward to the Asiatic coast, including the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, the monsoons blow from October to April on the NE and from April to October on the SW In the former half year, the wind is more steady and gentle, and the weather clearer than in the latter six months. In the Red Sea the winds blow nearly nine months of the year from the southward, that... References to this bookFrom Google ScholarPhasea Ort (revised)Eugene Farber References from web pagesBowditch's American Practical Navigator - Wikipedia, the free ... The New American Practical Navigator The New American Practical Navigator (work by Bowditch ... The USNO Copy of Nathaniel Bowditch The New American Practical ... JSTOR: History and Bibliography of the New American Practical ... Nathaniel Bowditch Nathaniel Bowditch: Biography and Much More from Answers.com Last painting by Gilbert Stuart (1828). Considered by the family ... Mass Moments: Harvard Awards Bowditch Honorary Degree Lissajous Figures Bibliographic information
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