The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 16. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1858 |
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... Navy , the log is hove once in every hour ; but in most trading - vessels only once in every two hours . A record of the knots , and tenths of knots , run every hour or every two hours , the course , the direction of the wind , the ...
... Navy , the log is hove once in every hour ; but in most trading - vessels only once in every two hours . A record of the knots , and tenths of knots , run every hour or every two hours , the course , the direction of the wind , the ...
Page 28
... Navy sextants are almost exclusively in use , although quadrants are still employed for the observation of altitudes in many trading vessels . The sextant , therefore , will first be described , and afterwards those points in which the ...
... Navy sextants are almost exclusively in use , although quadrants are still employed for the observation of altitudes in many trading vessels . The sextant , therefore , will first be described , and afterwards those points in which the ...
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... have already given an account in the former part of this article . This deviation is always taken into account in ships of the Royal Navy , but not G Variation of the Compass , ing haversines is used , to the log . secants NAVIGATION . 49.
... have already given an account in the former part of this article . This deviation is always taken into account in ships of the Royal Navy , but not G Variation of the Compass , ing haversines is used , to the log . secants NAVIGATION . 49.
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... navy . In the of the latter case the variation is the whole difference between Compass . the observed bearing of the sun and the compass bearing ; in the former , allowance must be made for deviation . We shall take deviation into ...
... navy . In the of the latter case the variation is the whole difference between Compass . the observed bearing of the sun and the compass bearing ; in the former , allowance must be made for deviation . We shall take deviation into ...
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... Navy . History . First Drand . NAVY . Name of River miles . Length in Area of drainage in square miles . Ordinary discharge per minute in cubic feet . No. of cubic feet discharged per square mile of drainage . Slope of sur- face in ...
... Navy . History . First Drand . NAVY . Name of River miles . Length in Area of drainage in square miles . Ordinary discharge per minute in cubic feet . No. of cubic feet discharged per square mile of drainage . Slope of sur- face in ...
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