A Treatise on Navigation and Nautical Astronomy: Including the Theory of Compass Deviations, Prepared for Use as a Textbook at the U.S. Naval Academy |
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a. m. sight approximate astronomical azimuth Bowditch Chro chronometer circle coefficients column compass bearing compass course compass needle component computed Corr correction cosec course and distance curve declination deviation due Diff difference of longitude directive force earth's East easterly equal equation error fore-and-aft given Greenwich mean heavenly body Height of eye horizontal force hour angle inducing force instant interval limb line of position longitude magnetic bearing magnetic course magnetism induced Mercator chart meridian altitude method miles minutes of arc Nautical Almanac navigator North end North point observation parallel plane polar pole prime vertical quadrantal deviation represented rhumb line rhumbs right ascension sailing sextant ship swings ship's head sidereal sin² South standard compass star starboard subpermanent magnetism sun's tangent tion transit triangle true altitude true course tude variation West westerly zero
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Page 476 - A cos 6 = cos a cos c + sin a sin c cos B cos c = cos a cos 6 + sin a sin 6 cos C Law of Cosines for Angles cos A = — cos B...
Page 360 - Sun, and other fundamental astronomical data for equi-distant intervals of Greenwich mean time. Part II, Ephemeris for the Meridian of Washington, gives the ephemerides of the fixed stars, sun, moon, and major planets for transit over the meridian of the old Naval Observatory, Washington.
Page 343 - Mean Solar Day is the interval between two successive transits of the mean sun over the same meridian ; it begins when the mean sun is on the meridian.
Page 774 - ZZ' within the frame or phantom G. The phantom G has a hollow stem H to which the strand £ is attached at its upper end, and the stem forms a journal for rotation in azimuth with respect to the supporting base frame /. The frame / is mounted in gimbal rings K'K...
Page 179 - The first step in compensation of the compass is to correct approximately the quadrantal deviation and the heeling error, in the order named. This is necessary because a material factor in the deviation may be caused by the induction in quadrantal spheres set up by the magnet correctors, and it is essential that the semicircular correction, which is the largest and most important one, should be made when the magnetic conditions approximate as nearly as possible to those when the compensation is complete.
Page 177 - ... of suspension may be measured by a scale on the glass cover. There is a small glass window in each end provided with an index line to mark the horizontal plane. Without the small weight, the needle before being magnetized was exactly balanced, so the weight is intended to balance the vertical magnetic force ashore or on board. If a...
Page 342 - A sidereal day has already been defined as the interval of time between two successive transits of the vernal equinox, or the first point of Aries, over the upper branch of the same meridian.
Page 304 - Fig. 1002, let the sextant be held vertically and let a be the index glass after the index arm ad has been turned so that the index glass is parallel to the horizon glass b and the index d coincides with the zero of the limb. A ray of light...
Page 557 - The transmitting clock that sends out the signals is corrected very accurately, shortly before noon, from the mean of three standard clocks that are rated by star sights with a meridian transit instrument. The noon signal is seldom in error to an amount greater than one or two tenths of a second, although a tenth more may be added by the relays in use on long telegraph lines. Electric transmission over a continuous wire is practically instantaneous.
Page 605 - , crosses the second Sumner line will be the position of the ship at the time of the second observation, and a, her position at the first observation.