Loomis, Alfred Fullerton, 1890-1968 · New York, The Cenutry co. · leaf 188
er line, somewhere alongjwhich the ship was positioned at the moment oftaking the sight, extends into deep water. During the succeeding hours of beatingagainst a boisterous trade wind whose accom-panying billows almost lost us to sight betweencrests we had only the minor satisfaction of not- 154… … The chart work by which we fixed our position in approachingJamaica—an illustration for the accompanying St. Hilaire sight.The intercept of 19 miles, extended along the suns azimuth at themoment of taking the sight, cuts dry land, but the perpendicularSumner line, in conjunction with our calculated…
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