American Practical Navigator: An Epitome of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy : Originally by Nathaniel Bowditch, LL.D.

Nathaniel Bowditch

U.S. Hydrographic Office, 1914 - Nautical astronomy - 945 pages

Contents

• Abbreviations: 9
• Instruments and Accessories in Navigation: 11
• The Compass Error: 36
• Piloting: 56
• The Sailings: 72
• Dead Reckoning: 84
• Definitions relating to Nautical Astronomy: 87
• Instruments employed in Nautical Astronomy: 91
• Time and the Nautical Almanac: 102
• Correction of Observed Altitudes: 115
• Alt or: 120
• The Chronometer Error: 121
• Latitude: 126
• Longitude: 140
• Azimuth: 144
• The Sumner Line: 150
• p m: 154
• p: 168
• The Practice of Navigation at Sea 169+: 169
• Cosec: 187
• Marine Surveying: 189
• Winds: 206
• Cyclonic Storms: 212
• Tides: 225
• Ocean Currents: 232
• Ice and its Movements in the North Atlantic Ocean: 238
• Extracts from the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac for the year 1915: 248
• A collection of Forms for working Dead Reckoning and various Astronomical Sights with notes explaining their application under all circumstances: 254
• Explanation of certain Rules and Principles of Mathematics of use in the Solution of Problems in Navigation: 266
• Maritime Positions and Tidal Data: 278
• Index: 358
• SYMBOLS: 382
• ражде: 396

Bibliographic information

• Title: American Practical Navigator: An Epitome of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy : Originally by Nathaniel Bowditch, LL.D.; Issue 9 of H.O. pub
• Author: Nathaniel Bowditch
• Publisher: U.S. Hydrographic Office, 1914
• Original from: the New York Public Library
• Digitized: Aug 7, 2008
• Length: 945 pages