New American Practical Navigator, Part 1

U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934 - Nautical astronomy

Contents

• Abbreviations: 9
• Instruments and Accessories in Navigation_: 11
• Alt or: 39
• The Compass Error: 41
• Chro: 51
• Piloting: 61
• The Sailings: 78
• Cosec: 81
• Dead Reckoning: 91
• Definitions relating to Nautical Astronomy: 94
• Instruments employed in Nautical Astronomy: 98
• Time and the Nautical Almanac: 109
• Correction of Observed Altitudes: 124
• The Chronometer Error: 130
• Latitude: 135
• Longitude: 149
• Sid T of Oh G C T Sidereal time of Oh civil: 151
• Azimuth__: 153
• The Sumner Line: 159
• H A or: 164
• The Practice of Navigation at Sea: 179
• or Lat: 180
• S: 195
• Marine Surveying: 201
• C: 217
• Winds: 218
• Cyclonic Storms: 225
• Tides: 246
• Degrees: 249
• Ocean Currents_: 254
• Ice and its Movements in the North Atlantic Ocean: 261
• Extracts from the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac for the year 1925: 271
• A collection of Forms for working Dead Reckoning and various Astronomical Sights with notes explaining their application under all circumstances: 278
• Explanation of certain Rules and Principles of Mathematics of use in the Solution of Problems in Navigation: 290
• A α: 295
• Maritime Postitions and Tidal Data_: 302
• Γγ: 332
• II: 363
• Index to Appendix IV 382: 416
• Index to Part I: 419
• CONTENTS OF PART II: 432
• Traverse Table Quarter Points: 440
• Traverse Table Degrees: 456
• Meridional Parts: 546
• Length of Degrees of Latitude and Longitude: 554
• 5A Distance of an Object by Two Bearings Quarter Points: 556
• 5B Distance of an Object by Two Bearings Degrees: 559
• Distance of Visibility of Objects of different Heights: 565
• Omitted 8 Conversion of Sidereal into Mean Solar Time: 566
• Conversion of Mean Solar into Sidereal Time: 569
• Local Civil time of Suns visible Rising and Setting: 572
• Reduction of Moons Meridian Passage for Longitude: 596
• Omitted 13 Omitted 14 Dip of Sea Horizon: 597
• Parallax of Planet: 598
• Augmentation of Moons Semidiameter: 599
• 20A Mean Refraction: 600
• 20B Mean Refraction and Parallax of Sun: 601
• Correction of Refraction for Barometer: 602
• Correction of Refraction for Thermometer: 603
• Mean Refraction and Mean Parallax of Moon: 605
• Variation of Altitude due to change of Declination: 614
• Variation of Altitude in one minute from Meridian: 616
• Variation of Altitude in given time from Meridian: 626
• 28A 28B 28C Omitted 28D 29 Nautical and Statute Miles: 629
• Conversion of Metric and English Linear Measures: 630
• Fahrenheit Centrigrade and Réaumur Temperatures: 631
• True Force and Direction of Wind: 632
• Distance by Vertical Angle: 636
• Distance by Horizon Angle: 638
• Speed Table for Measured Mile: 639
• Local Civil and Standard Meridian Times: 640
• Omitted 37A 38 Error in Longitude produced by Error in Latitude: 641
• Amplitudes: 642
• Correction for Amplitude observed in Apparent Horizon: 647
• Natural Sines and Cosines: 648
• Logarithms of Numbers: 657
• Logarithms of Trigonometric Functions Quarter Points: 673
• Logarithms of Trigonometric Functions Degrees: 674
• Logarithmic and Natural Haversines: 719
• Consolidated table of Altitude Corrections for the Sun planets and stars: 824
• The Longitude Factor: 840
• The Latitude Factor: 844
• Consolidated Corrections to be applied to observed Altitude of the Moon: 848
• Conversion of Arc and Time: 852

Bibliographic information

• Title: New American Practical Navigator, Part 1; Issue 9 of H.O. pub
• Contributors: Nathaniel Bowditch, Jonathan Ingersoll Bowditch, United States. Hydrographic Office
• Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934