American practical navigator: an epitome of navigation and nautical astronomy (1914)
Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838, Logan, George Wood, 1868-1915, United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Equipment · Washington, Govt. Print. Off · leaf 119
h 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. Sinus, - 6 41 27 .6 H. A. Sirius, 7 44 35 .8 EXAMPLE: May 9,1916, Arcturus being 2b 27m 42V52 east of the meridian, find the local sidereal time. 24h 00 00- H. A., 21h… … 294. M*ny 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 elements and the elements required to be found, a study of the…
Navigation · Nautical astronomy
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