Celestial navigation / Frances W. Wright.

By: Publisher: Centreville, Md. : Cornell Maritime Press, c1982Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xiii, 130 pages : illustration ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0870332910 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 623.89 W93 1982
Contents:
Contents: Part 1 Descriptive Astronomy necessary for an understanding of the first principles of celestial navigation -- Part 2 Identification of North and South Celestial Poles, Polaris, and Ruchbah -- Part 3 Use of sextant and corrections to be applied to HS -- 4 Latitude from a Noon Sight (Meridian Passage of the Sun) -- Part 5 Descriptive astronomy necessary for an understanding of taking and reducing a sextant sight in the morning or afternoon -- Part 6 Explanation of different kinds of solar time -- Part 7 Practice cruise for a day at sea on the S.S. Ruchbah with DR checked by celestial navigation -- Part 8 Supplementary remarks on some of the details of the cruise of the S.S. Ruchbah -- Part 9 Use of the True Azimuths of the sun (From H.O. Pub. No.260 or Pub. No. 249) as a Check on the True Headings of a vessel -- Part 10 Extracts and forms from Navigation publications -- Part 11 Abbreviations and symbols -- References -- Index.
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Reserve Reserve College Library Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering 623.89 W93 1982 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 71952

Includes index and bibliography: p. 119-120.

Contents: Part 1 Descriptive Astronomy necessary for an understanding of the first principles of celestial navigation -- Part 2 Identification of North and South Celestial Poles, Polaris, and Ruchbah -- Part 3 Use of sextant and corrections to be applied to HS -- 4 Latitude from a Noon Sight (Meridian Passage of the Sun) -- Part 5 Descriptive astronomy necessary for an understanding of taking and reducing a sextant sight in the morning or afternoon -- Part 6 Explanation of different kinds of solar time -- Part 7 Practice cruise for a day at sea on the S.S. Ruchbah with DR checked by celestial navigation -- Part 8 Supplementary remarks on some of the details of the cruise of the S.S. Ruchbah -- Part 9 Use of the True Azimuths of the sun (From H.O. Pub. No.260 or Pub. No. 249) as a Check on the True Headings of a vessel -- Part 10 Extracts and forms from Navigation publications -- Part 11 Abbreviations and symbols -- References -- Index.

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