Supplement to the Horary Tables, for Finding the Time by Inspection: To Facilitate the Operations for Obtaining the Longitude at Sea, by Chronometers and Lunar Observations : Also for Finding Both the Latitude and Time, at Any Time of the Day, by Noting the Exact Interval, by a Chronometer, Between Two Observed Altitudes of the Sun; Also in the Twilight, Or at Any Time of the Night, by Two Observed Altitudes of a Fixed Star: Or by the Simultaneous Observations of the Altitudes of Any Two Celestial Objects |
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| Title | Supplement to the Horary Tables, for Finding the Time by Inspection: To Facilitate the Operations for Obtaining the Longitude at Sea, by Chronometers and Lunar Observations : Also for Finding Both the Latitude and Time, at Any Time of the Day, by Noting the Exact Interval, by a Chronometer ... Horary tables for finding the time by inspection |
| Author | Thomas Lynn |
| Publisher | author, 1827 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Nov 9, 2009 |
| Length | 121 pages |
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