Author(s): B. Krasavtsev, B. Khlyustin
Publisher: Mir Publishers
Year: 1970
Language: English
City: Moscow
Tags: navigation; mathematics; spherical geometry; spherical trigonometry
FRONT COVER
TITLE PAGE
CONTENTS
PART ONE
1. THE SPHERICAL COORDINATES OF CELESTIAL BODIES
3. APPARENT DIURNAL MOTION OF CELESTIAL BODIES
4. APPARENT ANNUAL MOTION OF THE SUN
5. PHENOMENA ASSOCIATED WITH THE REVOLUTION AND ROTATION OF THE EARTH
6. THE APPARENT MOTIONS OF THE MOON AND PLANETS
7. THE STELLAR SKY
8. MEASUREMENT OF TIME
9. NAUTICAL ASTRONOMICAL ALMANAC (MAE)
PART TWO
10. THE CHRONOMETER AND TIMEKEEPING
11. THE THEORY AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE MARINESEXTANT
12. MEASURING ALTITUDES OF CELESTIAL BODIES WITH A MARINE SEXTANT
13. SEXTANTS WITH ARTIFICIAL HORIZON
14. CORRECTING SEXTANT-MEASURED ALTITUDES OF CELESTIAL BODIES ,
15. ERRORS IN OBSERVING ALTITUDES AT SEA, METHODS OF DETECTING AND REDUCING THEM
PART THREE
17. ASTRONOMICAL DETERMINATION OF THE COMPASS CORRECTION
18. ESSENTIALS OF ASTRONOMICAL DETERMINATION OF POSITION AT SEA
19. THE METHOD OF ALTITUDE LINES OF POSITION (METHOD OF MARCQ SAINT-HILAIRE)
20. DETERMINING POSITION OF SHIP BY THE METHOD OF ALTITUDE LINES OF POSITION
21. METHODS FOR SEPARATE DETERMINATION OF THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF A SHIP S POSITION
22. SPECIAL METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A SHIP AND ITS COORDINATES AT SEA
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