The New American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation: Containing All the Tables Necessary to be Used with the Nautical Almanac in Determining the Latitude, and the Longitude by Lunar Observations, and Keeping a Complete Reckoning at Sea ... the Whole Exemplified in a Journal, Kept from Boston to Madeira ... with an Appendix, Containing Methods of Calculating Eclipses of the Sun and Moon, and Occultations of the Fixed Stars ... |
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added altitude anchor angle apparent Apparent Altitude applied bearing calculated called Cape central centre chronometer circle column compass correction corresponding Cosecant Cosine course declination departure Diff difference of latitude difference of longitude direction Dist distance divided draw east equal equator error EXAMPLE extent feet figure given gives glass Greenwich half head horizon Hour Island less light limb logarithm Long longitude lower manner marked mean measured meridian method middle latitude miles minutes moon moon's Nautical Almanac nearly noon object observation obtained opposite parallax parallel passing perpendicular planet radius right ascension rule sails Secant ship side sine star subtracted sun's Suppose Table taken tangent telescope third triangle true turn variation wind