The New Practical Navigator: Being a Complete Epitome of Navigation: to which are Added, All the Tables Requisite for Determining the Latitude and Longitude at Sea: Containing the Different Kinds of Sailing, and Necessary Corrections for Lee-way, Variation, &c. Exemplified in a Journal at Sea ... The Whole Illustrated with Engravings ...F. and C. Rivington, 1810 - 336 sider |
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Side xii
... yard , one mile , one hour , one degree , & c . A vulgar , or common Fraction , consists of two parts , the Numerator and the Denominator . The Denominator shows how many parts the quantity is divided into . The Numerator shows how many ...
... yard , one mile , one hour , one degree , & c . A vulgar , or common Fraction , consists of two parts , the Numerator and the Denominator . The Denominator shows how many parts the quantity is divided into . The Numerator shows how many ...
Side xii
... yard , one mile , one hour , one degree , & c . A vulgar , or common Fraction , consists of two parts , the Numerator and the Denominator . The Denominator shows how many parts the quantity is divided into . The Numerator shows how many ...
... yard , one mile , one hour , one degree , & c . A vulgar , or common Fraction , consists of two parts , the Numerator and the Denominator . The Denominator shows how many parts the quantity is divided into . The Numerator shows how many ...
Side xvi
... Yards . If 3,5 Shillings . Yards . 6,75 12,25 6,75 6125 8575 7350 3,5 ) 2,6875 ( 23,625 70 12 126 7,500 105 218 2,000 , 210 , 87 70 175 175 Ans . 1. 3s . 74d . In like manner may any other be worked , whether in coins , weights ...
... Yards . If 3,5 Shillings . Yards . 6,75 12,25 6,75 6125 8575 7350 3,5 ) 2,6875 ( 23,625 70 12 126 7,500 105 218 2,000 , 210 , 87 70 175 175 Ans . 1. 3s . 74d . In like manner may any other be worked , whether in coins , weights ...
Side 32
... yards , miles , leagues , & c . and are measured on a scale of equal parts . 10th . A circle described with a chord of 60 ° , the circumference will contain four right angles , or 360 ° , the quadrant 90o , and se- micircle 180 ° . 11th ...
... yards , miles , leagues , & c . and are measured on a scale of equal parts . 10th . A circle described with a chord of 60 ° , the circumference will contain four right angles , or 360 ° , the quadrant 90o , and se- micircle 180 ° . 11th ...
Side 34
... yards are to be the answer , then yards must be the second term . As for example , if 60 yards cost £ .120 , what will 90 yards cost ? Then pounds being wanting , pounds must be the second term . If 60 yards cost £ .120 , what will 90 ...
... yards are to be the answer , then yards must be the second term . As for example , if 60 yards cost £ .120 , what will 90 yards cost ? Then pounds being wanting , pounds must be the second term . If 60 yards cost £ .120 , what will 90 ...
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anchor angle apparent altitude arch azimuth Bearing and Distance cable centre chord Co-secant Co-sine Co-tang coast column compass correction dead reckoning degrees diff difference of latitude difference of longitude Dist draw east England Epact equal equator EXAMPLE extent will reach fathoms find the Diff fore Funchal given Greenwich guns half haul Head high-water hm hm hm horizon hypotenuse Island Isle latitude and departure leeway line of numbers line of sines log-board mast Mercator's Sailing meridian meridian altitude meridional difference Middle Latitude miles minutes moon moon's noon observation parallax parallel perpendicular Plane Sailing Port quadrant radius reckoning right ascension right line rope Secant sextant ship ship's Shoal shore side South Point star star's stay-sail steer subtract Suppose tack Tangent tide top-mast Traverse Table true altitude variation wind yards zenith distance
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Side 245 - Adrift, the state of a ship or vessel broke loose from her moorings, and driven without control, at the mercy of the wind, sea, or current.
Side 25 - ADD the logarithms of the SECOND and THIRD terms, and .from the sum SUBTRACT the logarithm of the FIRST term.
Side 147 - The next item is $3,600 to provide for the changing of two stack elevators, one on the east and one on the west side of the building.
Side 107 - These contrary winds do not shift from one point to its opposite all at once ; in some places the time of the change is attended with calms, in others by variable winds ; and it often happens on the...
Side 10 - EXAMPLE. If the diameter of a circle be 7 inches, and the circumference 22, what is the circumference of another circle, the diameter of which is 14 inches ? Extend from 7 to 22, that extent will reach from 14 to 44 the same way.
Side xi - In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides the legs.
Side 301 - FRANKINCENSE, is to be thrown gently into the Fundament, with a proper Instrument, or the Bowl of a Pipe covered, so as to defend the Mouth of tlie Assistant.
Side 8 - I tenth part ; and the next 2, 2 tenth parts; and 10 at the end will be but one whole number or integer. As the figures are increased or diminished in their value, so in like manner must all the intermediate strokes or subdivisions be increased or diminished ; that is, if the first...
Side 259 - Man the yards. — Is placing men on the yards, in the tops, on the ladder, &c., to execute any necessary duty. Mind the service. — Put on more service. Messenger. — A small kind of cable, which being brought to the capstan, and the cable by which the ship rides made fast to it, it purchases the anchor. To Miss stays.
Side 259 - To elevate any distant object at sea by approaching it ; thus, to raiie the land is used in opposition to lay the land. To Rake. To cannonade a ship at the stern or head, so that the balls scour the whole length of the decks. Range of Cable. A sufficient length of cable drawn upon deck before the anchor is cast loose, to admit of its sinking to the bottom without any check.