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Tables requisite to be used with the Astronomical and nautical ephemeris. [2 issues].

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Commissioners of longitude

1806

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23	8

37

I	38

14	9

To reduce the Longitude Latitude Right Ascension Declina	13

To convert parts of the Equator into mean time	23

Variations of Amplitude answering to a change of one hun	xvii

Error of Observation arising from an Error in the line	xxv

For the explanation of this table see Problem	1

25129	9

General Introduction concerning the Instruments and Observations 2530	25

Explanation of the Tables 3456	34

R Dip of the Sea at different distances from the Observer	37

To find the Time at Greenwich corresponding to a given time under	1

Given the appareat time at the ship and the moons distance from the merid	41

To find the augmentation of the moons semidiam by means of tab XLVIII 46	47

Part first of Precession in Right Ascension for complete years	xxxi

To find the Longitude of a Place by the occultation of a fixed star by	54

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Tables Requisite to Be Used with the Astronomical and Nautical Ephemeris. [2 ...
Commissioners of Longitude,Admiralty Naut Almanac Office
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Title	Tables requisite to be used with the Astronomical and nautical ephemeris. [2 issues].
Author	Commissioners of longitude
Contributor	Admiralty naut. almanac office
Published	1806
Original from	Oxford University
Digitized	Mar 5, 2009

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