 | John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1807 - 676 pages
...horizon of the fea, the eye being elevated twenty feet above the furface of the water, and the fun's bearing by compafs being at the fame time S. by W....at 2 H. 58 M. 20 SPM by watch, the altitude of the fun's lower limb was 16° 41' above the horizon, the eye being elevated as before, and the latitude... | |
 | John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1807 - 586 pages
...feet above the furface of the water, and the fun's bearing by compafs being at the fame time S. by V/. and at 2 H. 58 M. 20 SPM by watch, the altitude rf the fun's lower limb was »6° 41' above the horizon, the eye being elevated as before, and the... | |
 | John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1810 - 662 pages
...elevated twenty feet above the surface of the water, and the sun's bearing by compass being at the same time S. by W. and at 2 H. 58 M. 20 SPM by watch, the...before, and the latitude by account, at the time of the last observation, was 48° 5' north, and the declination 13° 17' south» Required the true latitude... | |
 | Nautical astronomy - 1821 - 708 pages
...feet above the surface of the water, and the sun's bearing by compass S. by W. and at 2h. 58m. 2Gs. PM by watch, the altitude of the sun's lower limb was...above the horizon, the eye being elevated as before, the latitude by account, at the time of the last observation, 48° 0' north, and the declination 13°... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1826 - 764 pages
...above the surface of the water, and the sun's bearing by compass S. by W. arid at 2h. 58m. 20s. P. M- by watch, the altitude of the sun's lower limb was...above the horizon, the eye being elevated as before, the latitude by account, at the time of the last observation, 48° 0' north, and the declination 13°... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - 1846 - 854 pages
...feet above the surface of the water, and the sun's bearing by compass S. by W. ; and at 2h 58m 20* PM, by watch, the altitude of the sun's lower limb was...above the horizon, the eye being elevated as before, the latitude by account, at the time of the last observation, 48° 0' N., and the declination 13°... | |
 | James Pryde - Navigation - 1867 - 506 pages
...above the surface of the water, and the sun's bearing by compass S. by W. ; and at 2 h. 58 m. 20 s. PM by watch, the altitude of the sun's lower limb was...horizon, the eye being elevated as before, and the index error in both observations nothing, and the sun's semidiameter 1 6' 9", the latitude by account... | |
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PM per watch, the altitude of the sun's lower limb was 28° 20' above the horizon of the sea, the eye being elevated 20 feet above the surface of the water, and the sun's bearing by compass S. by W. and at 2h. 58m. 2Gs. PM by watch, the altitude of the... 