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A new treatise on the practice of navigation at sea : containing all the details necessary to enable the mariner to become a good practical navigator. (1902) Thoms, William · New York : Printed for the author and sold by John Bliss & Co · leaf 85
ine, and which is more to be relied on in t»a«©8 ofemergency. In thick blowing weather, when a Ship is approaching the Coast, common prudence would dictakb iUMshe should be under easy sail; and by the exercise of a little seamanship, Soundings can always b«obtained sufficiently accurate to eusure… … EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURE.^ Arrows show the direction in which they revolve roirwi the Hun tn the centre No. 1. Orbit of Mercury. No 4. ( Orbit of Mars. « 2. of Venus. 5. of Jupiter. 3. of The Earth and her Moon. 6. of Saturn. The Solar System is that in which our Earth is placed, and in which the… Navigation · Nautical astronomy
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