Lectures in Navigation

CONTENTS

Foreward
List of Books Consulted
Preface
WEEK I—PILOTING
Tuesday Lecture	The Compass	1
Wednesday Lecture	Pelorus; Parallel Rulers; The Lead, Sounding Machine, Dividers and Log	6
Thursday Lecture	The Chart	10
Friday Lecture	The Protractor and Sextant	13
Saturday Lecture	Fixes, Angles by Bearings and Sextant	16
WEEK II—DEAD RECKONING
Tuesday Lecture	Latitude and Longitude	20
Wednesday Lecture	Useful Tables—Plane and Traverse Sailing	23
Thursday Lecture	Examples on Plane and Traverse Sailing (Continued)	27
Friday Lecture	Mercator Sailing	28
Saturday Lecture	Great Circle Sailing—The Chronometer	30
WEEK III—CELESTIAL NAVIGATION
Tuesday Lecture	Celestial Co-ordinates, Equinoctial System, etc.	34
Wednesday Lecture	Time by the Sun—Mean Time, Solar Time, Conversion, etc.	36
Thursday Lecture	Sidereal Time—Right Ascension	43
Friday Lecture	The Nautical Almanac	47
Saturday Lecture	Correction of Observed Altitudes	52
WEEK IV—NAVIGATION
Tuesday Lecture	The Line of Position	55
Wednesday Lecture	Latitude by Meridian Altitude	58
Thursday Lecture	Azimuths of the Sun	61
Friday Lecture	Marc St. Hilaire Method by a Sun Sight	63
Saturday Lecture	Examples on Marc St. Hilaire Method by a Sun Sight	66
WEEK V—NAVIGATION
Tuesday Lecture	A Short Talk on the Planets and Stars—Identification of Stars—Time of Meridian Passage of a Star	66
Wednesday Lecture	Latitude by Meridian Altitude of a Star—Latitude by Polaris	73
Thursday Lecture	Marc St. Hilaire Method by a Star Sight	74
Friday Lecture	Examples: Latitude by Meridian Altitude of a Star; Latitude by Polaris; Marc St. Hilaire Method by a Star Sight	75
Saturday Lecture	Longitude by Chronometer Sight of the Sun	76
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