The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 16. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1858 |
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... longitude . At this time the art of navigation was very imperfect , on account of the inaccuracies of the plane chart , which was the only one then known , and which , by its gross er- rors , must have greatly misled the mariner ...
... longitude . At this time the art of navigation was very imperfect , on account of the inaccuracies of the plane chart , which was the only one then known , and which , by its gross er- rors , must have greatly misled the mariner ...
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... longitude by parallel straight lines , but gradually augmented the space between the former as they approached the pole . Thus the rhumbs , which otherwise ought to have been curves , were now also extended into straight lines ; and ...
... longitude by parallel straight lines , but gradually augmented the space between the former as they approached the pole . Thus the rhumbs , which otherwise ought to have been curves , were now also extended into straight lines ; and ...
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... longitude by a ship sail- ing on a rhumb is the proper way of performing it , Hand- son also proposes two methods of approximation without the assistance of Wright's division of the meridian line . The first was computed by the ...
... longitude by a ship sail- ing on a rhumb is the proper way of performing it , Hand- son also proposes two methods of approximation without the assistance of Wright's division of the meridian line . The first was computed by the ...
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... longitude by having found out the true theory of the magnetic variation ; and to gain credit to his assertion , he foretold , that at Lon- don in 1657 there would be no variation of the compass , and from that time it would gradually ...
... longitude by having found out the true theory of the magnetic variation ; and to gain credit to his assertion , he foretold , that at Lon- don in 1657 there would be no variation of the compass , and from that time it would gradually ...
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... longitude and navigation by Mackay , Inman , ary Prin- Riddle , Norie , Jeans , and others ; and these contain every ciples . necessary requisite to form the practical navigator . BOOK I. PRACTICE OF NAVIGATION CONTAINING THE VARIOUS ...
... longitude and navigation by Mackay , Inman , ary Prin- Riddle , Norie , Jeans , and others ; and these contain every ciples . necessary requisite to form the practical navigator . BOOK I. PRACTICE OF NAVIGATION CONTAINING THE VARIOUS ...
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