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 87
in 29 years 167 days, and turns on his axis once in 10-hours 16 minutes, and is attended by 7 moons. Thi.s Planet is different from all the others when viewedtlirough a telescope, being furnished with a broad double luminous ring, which appears intended to increaj»the quantity of light received… … Tkt 9p»€taior is supposed to be situated at a great distance East of the Earth, and lookwg towa^ th* Wed. having North on the Right and South on the Left. TO CONSTRUCT THE FIGURE. Tak. 60- from the line of Chords on the Plane Scale, ind describe a circle, which ^» /•P;!?:•ent the Circular Dome of…
Navigation · Nautical astronomy
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