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anchor Angle apparent altitude Arch azimuth Bearing and Distance cable Circle co-sine Compass Corr correction corresponding course and distance diff difference of Latitude difference of Longitude Dist Dep Dist Lat distance run draw the line east epact equal Equator EXAMPLE Extend extent will reach fathoms fixed line give given glass Greenwich half haul hence high water horizon Hypothenuse Index Latitude and Departure line of Numbers line of Sines line of Tangents logarithm Long meridian altitude Middle Latitude miles Moon Moon's natural sine Nautical Almanac Nonius noon observed opposite parallax parallel Parallel Sailing Perpendicular plane Porto Santo Radius refraction remainder right ascension rope sail Secant semidiameter Sextant Ship Ship's side column sliding line South Star Star's subtracted Sun's declination Sun's lower limb tack topsails Traverse Table true altitude true distance tude Ushant variation wind