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Celestial for the Cruising Navigator
Merle B. Turner
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Description for Celestial for the Cruising Navigator
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 b/w photos, 98 illustrations. BIC Classification: TRLN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 500.
The book presents a comprehensive treatment of celestial navigation based upon the essential foundations of nautical astronomy and spherical trigonometry. Beginning with a discussion of position and time, it proceeds systematically to show how sextant observations coupled with time provide indispensable checks and information on course, distance, and position. Emphasizing computational rather than tabular solutions to sight reduction problems, while basic trigonometric formulae are developed, all computation is done with the most inexpensive hand calculator. The author also stresses the backgrounds of nautical astronomy, beyond the perfunctory routines of sight reduction. The reader, in other words, learns not only what, ... Read more
The book presents a comprehensive treatment of celestial navigation based upon the essential foundations of nautical astronomy and spherical trigonometry. Beginning with a discussion of position and time, it proceeds systematically to show how sextant observations coupled with time provide indispensable checks and information on course, distance, and position. Emphasizing computational rather than tabular solutions to sight reduction problems, while basic trigonometric formulae are developed, all computation is done with the most inexpensive hand calculator. The author also stresses the backgrounds of nautical astronomy, beyond the perfunctory routines of sight reduction. The reader, in other words, learns not only what, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell Maritime Pr/Tidewater Pub
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780870333415
SKU
V9780870333415
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
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