Written primarily for those who navigate their own vessels around the coast or across the seas. The book does not go deeply into abstruse problems of nautical astronomy or spherical trigonometry, but sufficient explanation of these subjects has been given to enable the reader to work his sights with a proper understanding of the principles involved. Section I - Coastal Navigation: Compass Course Correction * On Fixing Position * Patent Log and Chart Reading * Tides and Tidal Streams * Rule of the Road. Section II - Deep Sea ...
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Written primarily for those who navigate their own vessels around the coast or across the seas. The book does not go deeply into abstruse problems of nautical astronomy or spherical trigonometry, but sufficient explanation of these subjects has been given to enable the reader to work his sights with a proper understanding of the principles involved. Section I - Coastal Navigation: Compass Course Correction * On Fixing Position * Patent Log and Chart Reading * Tides and Tidal Streams * Rule of the Road. Section II - Deep Sea Navigation: The Sextant On Finding the Latitude * Pole Star Sights * Traverse Table * On Finding the Longitude * Position Lines * Star Position Lines * Latitude by ex-Meridian Altitude * Deviation of Compass by Amplitude and Azimuth * Sight Reduction Table method of position lines.
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Good. Some bumps/wear at edges/corners of dust jacket and hard board. Storage marks, scratches and fading to dust jacket. Foxing to text blocks. Text excellent, clean and legible. 120 p. Tables.
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G. A good copy in royal blue cloth which is a little darkened in places and with pencil marks and small white paint/tippex? splodge on back cover. pos on ffep and pencil notes on front paste down. Creases to a few corners, otherwise internally good. Immediate despatch from the UK. 12mo. HB.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
