New Lunar Tables: For Correcting the Apparent Distance of the Moon from the Sun, Fixed Star, Or Planet, for the Effects of Refraction and Parallax : ... to which is Added a New, Easy, and Accurate Method of Finding the Latitude by Double Altitudes ... |
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2nd Corr 4th Cor Aldebaran allow 4 minutes Altitude s App angle Bahama Bank CALCULATION celestial pole Chart corrected for refraction Cosine D's App D's Hor declination Diff Dist Distance 1st Corr distance corrected Distance s App distance sailed Effect of Refraction Elford differs enter Table EXAMPLE FIND THE LATITUDE find the True Fomalhaut G. W. BLUNT given day greater altitude Greenw Greenwich Half Sum horizon intervening day allow less altitude less degree less than 90 longitude LUNAR DISTANCES LUNAR OBSERVATIONS Midn moon's parallax Nautical Almanac nearest limb noon observed altitude observed distance overplus parallax in altitude Parallax PL Pegasi Planet Pleiades PRINCIPAL FIXED STARS refraction and parallax right ascension Secant second column Semidi Semidiam Sept sextant ship Sine and Tang sine H STAR STAR STAR sun bears sun's parallax Table VIII the's true altitude True Distance TRUE MERIDIAN ALTITUDES Watch