The Practical Navigator: Being a Complete Epitome of Navigation: to which are Added, All the Tables Requisite for Determining the Latitude and Longitude at Sea ; Containing the Different Kinds of Sailing, and Necessary Corrections for Lee-way, Variation, &c. Exemplified in a Journal at Sea ... The Whole Illustrated with Engravings

T. Cadell, 1828 - Nautical astronomy - 632 pages

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CONTENTS Dalt too gider	3

Projection of the Lines of Sines Tangents and Secants on the Plane	13

Multiplication by Logarithms	23

To find the Logarithm of the Sines Tangents and Secants answering	29

Introduetion to the Art of Navigation	46

Abbreviations	54

Traverse Sailing	69

Middle Latitude Sailing	81

Horizontal view of the instrument	251

To find the Apparent Time and thereby regulate the Going of	252

Another Method of finding the Apparent Time	259

Having the True Distance and Time to determine the Longitude	266

Mr Witchells Method	273

To reduce the observed Distance of the Moon from the Sun or	279

To find the Altitude of any of the known fixed Stars	285

Description and Use of the Artificial Horizon	295

Mercators Sailing	95

Of Winds	126

Of Tides	133

Of the LogLine and HalfMinute Glass	147

Description and Use of Hadleys Quadrant and Sextant	151

To observe the Angular Distance between the Sun and Moon	160

Projection of the Plane Scales 12 Parallax and Refraction	162

To work an Observation or to find the Latitude of a Place by	164

The Variation of the Compass	171

The Method of Keeping a Ships Reckoning at	182

1	217

Rules for correcting the Dead Reckoning	223

To find the Latitude by one Altitude of the Sun taken within a few days	238

To find the Latitude by the Meridian Altitude of a Planet	244

A The central mirror or great speculum	296

Oblique Sailing	301

Manner of Surveying Sea Coasts and Harbours	307

To find the Height and Distance of Objects at	314

Explanation of Sea Terms	320

Examination of a young Sea Officer	349

The Method of Exercising Ships Companies for	370

Explanation and Use of the Tables	390

For computing the Effects of Parallax on the Moons Distance from Want	407

A brass socket secured to the frame into which the wooden handle M	4

Journal of a Voyage from London to Madeira and Teneriffe	10

203	9

The Method of Attacking or Defending a Ship	49

Title	The Practical Navigator: Being a Complete Epitome of Navigation: to which are Added, All the Tables Requisite for Determining the Latitude and Longitude at Sea ; Containing the Different Kinds of Sailing, and Necessary Corrections for Lee-way, Variation, &c. Exemplified in a Journal at Sea ...
Author	John Hamilton Moore
Editor	Joseph Foss Dessiou
Edition	20
Publisher	T. Cadell, 1828
Original from	the University of Michigan
Digitized	Aug 12, 2009
Length	632 pages

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