The American practical navigator : being an epitome of navigation and nautical astronomy (1888)
Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838, United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Navigation, Cooper, Philip Henry, 1844-1912 · Washington : Govt. Print. Off. · leaf 71
L = L. + D. L. D. Lo. = Lo — Lo.Lo = Lo. + D. Lo. paying attention to the signs or names of Latitudes and Longi-tudes. Art. 111. In Plane Sailing, the curvature of the Earthbeing neglected, the t-iang!e ccMitaining these elements becomesa right-plane triangle, Fig. 31 ; the rhumb, TT, a… … THE SAILINGS. 39 From this: CosC. -. SinC. Dist. Dep. Disi. TanC — ^^P- and D. L. = Dist. cos C.Dep. = Dist. sin C.Dep. = D. L. tan C, Dep., being regarded as the departure in either latitude. Art. 112. The solution of this right plane triangle for different values of C. and Dist. gives…
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