A new and complete epitome of practical navigation

author, and sold, 1835 - Nautical astronomy - 688 pages

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Introduction	1

logarithmical arithmetic	9

Description and Use or Gunters Scales	20

Description and Use of the Sector	31

Geography	52

Description and Use or the Log HalfMinute Glass and Compass	59

Plane Sailing	63

Table Page VII The Moons Augmentation	70

The Suns Declination for 1834 1835 1836 1837 c 72	72

To correct the Suns Declination for the Changes in Periods of Four Years 74	74

The Right Ascensions and Declinations of the principal Fixed Stars 76	76

The Suns mean Right Ascension 77	77

For reducing the Timeof the Moons Passageover the Meridian of Greenwich to the Time of its Passage over any other Meridian 78	78

To find the Latitude by an Altitude of the Polar Star 79	79

Corrections of the Apparent Altitudes of the Sun and Stars 80	82

For reducing Longitude into Time and the contrary 83	83

Traverse Sailing	73

Parallel Sailing	80

Mercators Sailing	96

Oblique Sailing	112

Current Sailing	121

Marine Surveying	131

Astronomy	141

Time	152

Tides	163

Description and Use op Hadleys Quadrant	173

On finding the Latitude by Observation	180

Description and Use of Hadleys Sextant 816	218

Description and Use of the Artificial Horizon 283	225

On finding the Longitude by Chronometers	243

To find the Rate of a Chronometer or Timekeeper	254

On finding the Longitude by Lunar Observations	266

Method of keeping a Journal at Sea	300

Journal of a Voyage from England to Madeira	311

Form of a Navy Log	327

Dip of the Horizon at different Distances from the Observer TO IX For correcting the observed Altitude of the Suns lower Limb	xliii

Difference of Latitude and Departure for Points 1	1

when taken by a Fore Observation 71	71

For reducing the Suns Declination to Noon at any given Meri dian and to any Time at the Meridian of Greenwich 84	84

For reducing the Suns Right Ascension to any Time at the Meridian of Greenwich 86	86

Logarithmic Sines Tangents and Secants to every Point and QuarterPoint of the Compass 88	88

Logarithmic Sines Tangents and Secants 104	104

Natural Sines 155	155

Logarithms for Halfelapsed Time 164	164

Logarithms for Middle Time 170	170

Logarithms for Rising 176	176

Correction of the Moons Apparent Altitude 184	184

Auxiliary Arcs 185	185

yyyii f Logarithms for rinding the Apparent Time or Horary Angle 202	202

xxxrv XXXV XXXVI XXXVII XXXVIII XXXIX XL XLI Logarithms for finding the Correction to reduce the Suns Decli nation Right Ascension c t...	211

Proportional Logarithms 213	213

To correct the Apparent Distance of the Moon from the Sun a Star c for the Effect of Parallax and Refraction 229	229

Natural Versed and Suversed Sines 232	232

For reducing Sidereal to Mean Solar Time 254	254

Logarithmic Difference 255	255

Correction of the Logarithmic Difference when the Sun is observed 263	263

Logarithms for finding the Correction to reduce the Moons	278

For correcting the Auxiliary Angle when a Planet is observed 284	284

Times of High Water	352

Title	A new and complete epitome of practical navigation
Author	John William Norie
Edition	11
Publisher	author, and sold, 1835
Original from	Oxford University
Digitized	Jun 29, 2006
Length	688 pages

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