With Numerous Illustrations and Examination Questions.
General Contents.—Definitions—Latitude and Longitude—Instruments of Navigation—Correction of Courses—Plane Sailing—Traverse Sailing—Day’s Work—Parallel Sailing—Middle Latitude Sailing—Mercator’s Chart—Mercator Sailing—Current Sailing—Position by Bearings—Great Circle Sailing—The Tides—Questions—Appendix: Compass Error—Numerous Useful Hints, &c.—Index.
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MARINE METEOROLOGY,
FOR OFFICERS OF THE MERCHANT NAVY.
BY WILLIAM ALLINGHAM,
Joint Author of “Navigation, Theoretical and Practical.”