Dutton's nautical navigation /
As paper navigational charts are replaced by vector images on computer screens, magnetic compasses enhanced by digital flux gate technology, and chronometers joined by atomic clocks, the demand has been mounting for an extensive update to the classic reference known worldwide as Dutton's. To me...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Annapolis, Md. :
Naval Institute Press,
2004.
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| Edición: | 15th ed. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 celestial bodies
- The sextant
- Time
- Ephemeral data
- Sight reduction
- Celestial lines of position
- 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
- Appendix A. Abbreviations
- Appendix B. Symbols
- Appendix C. Compass adjustment
- Appendix D. Aids to navigation.