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 22
Northeast by East, etc. INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES IN NAVIGATION. 15 In boxing by fractional points, it is evident that each division may be referred toeither of the whole points to which it is adjacent; for instance, NE. by N. £ N. andNNE. £ E. would describe the same division. It is the custom… … FIG. 2. N. i E., N. by E. £ E., NNE. $ E., NE. £ N., etc. Some mariners, however, make it apractice to box from each cardinal and inter-cardinal point toward a 22 J°-point (NNE.,ENE., etc.); as N. * E., N. by E. J E., NE. by N. * N., NE. i N., etc. The names of the whole points, together with…
Navigation · Nautical astronomy
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