Tables for Facilitating the Calculations of Nautical Astronomy,: And Particularly of the Latitude of a Ship at Sea from Two Altitudes of the Sun, and that of the Longitude from the Distances of the Moon from the Sun Or a Star; Containing the Natural Versed-sines to Every 10 Seconds, and the Logarithmic-sines, Double-sines, Versed-sines, &c. to Every Minute from 0 to 180 Degrees; and Several Other Tables, Useful in Astronomy and NavigationPrinted, at the Oriental Press, by Wilson & Company Wild Court, for R. Faulder, New Bond-Street., 1801 - Nautical astronomy - 383 pages |
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Page xi - Investigations relative to the Problem for clearing the apparent Distance of the Moon from the Sun or a Star, from the Effects of ^ Parallax and Refraction, and an easy and concise Method pointed out.
Page 27 - Add the sun's declination to the elevation of the equator, if the latitude of the place, and the declination of the sun, are both on the same side.
Page 36 - The interval between that reduced time and the given day will give the correction which is to be applied * to the time of high water at full and change of the...