American practical navigator: an epitome of navigation and nautical astronomy (1914)
Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838, United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Equipment, Logan, George Wood, 1868-1915 · Washington, Govt. Print. Off. · leaf 119
21^ 10™ 30«.0 Long., + 5 25 00 R. A. M. S., 0^,+ 2 12 40 .0 Red. (Tab. 9), + 2 53 .4 G. M. T., 17 35 30 L. S. T., 14 26 03 .4 R. A. Sirius, - 6 41 27 .6 H. A. Sirius, 7 44 35 .8 Example: May 9,1916, Arcturus being 2^ 27^° 42*.52 east of the meridian, find the local sidereal time. 24»00™00 H. A., 2P… … 294. Many navigators find the conversion of time much simplified and moreeasily grasped by roughly plotting the elements as they are presented in any givencase, in a figure drawn on the plane of the celestial equator. Noting the known ele-ments and the elements required to be found, a study of the…
Navigation · Nautical astronomy
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