Covers geographic coordinates, compasses, dead reckoning, tides, currents, radar piloting, and celestial, satellite, inertial, omega system, and computer navigation.
Dutton's nautical navigation
โ Scribed by Cutler Th.J.
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press, Annapolis
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 382
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
When Commander Benjamin Duuon, U.S. Navy. wrote his first edition oi Navigation and Nautical Astronomy. it prohablv did not occur to him that his book would become one ot the peats of navigation, continuing on tor more ihan three-quarters ot a een-tury and enjoying a reputation exceeded onlv b\ thai of the two-hundred-veai old America)* Practical Navigator bv Nathaniel Bowditch. Originally written lor midshipmen al the U.S. Naval Academy, Duttons first edition was published in J ^26 by the L.S- Naval Institute and has continued through fifteen editions, including this one. Enjoying the fresh insight ol new authors while retaining many ot the qualities of the original work, the book is still used extensively by Navy navigators, but its popularity has expanded to include many other nautical navigators of maritime industry and recreational boating.
โฆ Table of Contents
U.S. Naval Institute Navigation Board
Introduction to Navigation
The Navigational Earth
Nautical Charts
Electronic Charts
Navigational Publications
Aids to Navigation
Compasses
Navigational Equipment
Dead Reckoning
Tides
Currents
Piloting
Current Sailing
Ship Characteristics in Piloting
Basic Radio Navigation
Hyperbolic Navigation
Global Positioning System
Inertial Navigation
Navigational Astronomy
Introduction to Celestial Navigation
Identification of Celestiall Bodies
The Sextain
Time
Ephemeral Data Sight Reduction
Celesial Line of Positioning
The Complete Celestial Solution
Latitude and Longitude Observations
Compass Checks at Sea
The Practice of Celestial Navigation
The Sailings
Bathymetric Navigation
Doppler Navigation
Polar Navigation
Lifeboat Navigation
The Practice of Nautical Navigation
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