Lectures in Navigation
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1918]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
Chapters (203)
- LECTURES IN NAVIGATION
- Lieutenant ERNEST G. DRAPER, U.S.N.R.F.
- FOREWORD
- LIST OF BOOKS CONSULTED
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- WEEK I—PILOTING
- TUESDAY LECTURE
- The Compass
- WEDNESDAY LECTURE
- Pelorus, Parallel Rulers, The Lead, Sounding Machine, Dividers And Log
- THURSDAY LECTURE
- The Chart
- FRIDAY LECTURE
- The Protractor And Sextant
- SATURDAY LECTURE
- Fixes, Angles By Bearings And Sextant
- WEEK II—DEAD RECKONING
- TUESDAY LECTURE
- Latitude And Longitude
- WEDNESDAY LECTURE
- Useful Tables—Plane And Traverse Sailing
- THURSDAY LECTURE
- Examples On Plane And Traverse Sailing (Continued)
- FRIDAY LECTURE
- Mercator Sailing
- SATURDAY LECTURE
- Great Circle Sailing—the Chronometer
- WEEK III—CELESTIAL NAVIGATION
- TUESDAY LECTURE
- Celestial Co-ordinates, Equinoctial System, Etc.
- WEDNESDAY LECTURE
- Time By The Sun—Mean Time, Solar Time, Conversion, Etc.
- THURSDAY LECTURE
- Sidereal Time—Right Ascension
- FRIDAY LECTURE
- The Nautical Almanac
- SATURDAY LECTURE
- Correction Of Observed Altitudes
- WEEK IV—NAVIGATION
- TUESDAY LECTURE
- The Line Of Position
- WEDNESDAY LECTURE
- Latitude By Meridian Altitude
- THURSDAY LECTURE
- Azimuths Of The Sun
- FRIDAY LECTURE
- Marc St. Hilaire Method By A Sun Sight
- SATURDAY LECTURE
- Examples On Marc St. Hilaire Method By A Sun Sight
- WEEK V—NAVIGATION
- TUESDAY LECTURE
- A Short Talk On The Planets And Stars Identification Of Stars
- WEDNESDAY LECTURE
- Latitude by Meridian Altitude of a Star—Latitude by Polaris (Pole or North Star)
- THURSDAY LECTURE
- Marc St. Hilaire Method by a Star Sight
- FRIDAY LECTURE
- Examples: Latitude by Meridian Altitude of a Star, Latitude by Polaris, Marc St. Hilaire Method by a Star Sight
- SATURDAY LECTURE
- Longitude by Chronometer Sight of the Sun (Time Sight)
- WEEK VI—NAVIGATION
- TUESDAY LECTURE
- Longitude by Chronometer Sight of a Star
- WEDNESDAY LECTURE
- Examples on Longitude by Chronometer Sight of a Star
- THURSDAY LECTURE
- Latitude by ex-meridian Altitude of the Sun
- FRIDAY LECTURE
- Examples: Latitude by ex-meridian Altitude of the Sun
- SATURDAY LECTURE
- Finding the Watch Time of Local Apparent Noon
- WEEK VII—NAVIGATION
- TUESDAY LECTURE
- Compass Error by an Azimuth
- WEDNESDAY LECTURE
- Correcting Longitude by a Factor
- THURSDAY LECTURE
- The Navigator's Routine—a Day's Work at Sea
- A Day's Work at Sea
- FRIDAY LECTURE
- Day's Work
- SATURDAY LECTURE
- Day's Work
- WEEK VIII—NAVIGATION
- MONDAY LECTURE
- Day's Work
- TUESDAY LECTURE
- Day's Work
- WEDNESDAY LECTURE
- Day's Work
- THURSDAY LECTURE
- Day's Work
- ADDITIONAL LECTURE
- Compass Adjustment
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