The Nautic-Astronomical and Universal Calculator : : The mechanical solving of all Arithmetical problems, plane and spherical Trigonometry, including terrestrial and astronomical navigation / / R. Nelting.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Reference Works <1990
• VerfasserIn: Nelting, R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021]; ©1909
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: Reprint 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (67 p.) :; Num. figs.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; ABBREVIATIONS --; INTRODUCTION --; PART I. DESCRIPTION AND DIRECTION TO USE THE CALCULATOR --; CHAPTER 1. THE NAUTICAL ASTRONOMICAL OR UNIVERSAL CALCULATOR --; CHAPTER 2. THE SCALES OF THE CALCULATOR. --; CHAPTER 3. THE FOCUSSING AND READING OF THE VALUES ON THE SCALES --; CHAPTER 4. THE VALUE OF POSITION IN CALCULATION --; CHAPTER 5. THE RECIPROCAL VALUE --; CHAPTER 6. MULTIPLICATION --; CHAPTER 7. THE DIVISION --; CHAPTER 8. POTENCING --; CHAPTER 9. THE EXTRACTION OF THE ROOTS --; CHAPTER 10. THE CONVERSION INTO LOGARITHMS --; CHAPTER 11. THE PROPORTIONS --; CHAPTER 12. COMBINED METHODS OF CALCULATION --; CHAPTER 13. FORMATION OF TABLES --; PART II. THE USE OF THE NAUTICAL ASTRONOMICAL OR UNIVERSAL CALCULATOR IN TERRESTRIAL NAVIGATION --; CHAPTER 14. DETERMINATION OF SPEED AND DISTANCES --; CHAPTER 15. THE DEAD RECKONNING --; CHAPTER 16. SAILING IN THE GREATEST CIRCLE --; CHAPTER 17. CALCULATION OF CURRENT --; CHAPTER 18. FORMATION OF TABLES --; PART III. THE USE OF THE NAUTIC-ASTRONOMICAL AND UNIVERSAL CALCULATOR IN ASTRONOMICAL NAVIGATION --; CHAPTER 19. CALCULATIONS OF ALTITUDE OF STARS --; CHAPTER 20. ASCERTAINING THE NAME OF AN OBSERVED STAR --; CHAPTER 21. CALCULATION OF THE LONGITUDE BY CHRONOMETER --; CHAPTER 22. CALCULATION OF THE AZIMUTH --; CHAPTER 23. CALCULATION OF THE LATITUDE --; CHAPTER 24. RISING AND SETTING OF THE STARS AND THEIR AMPLITUDE --; CHAPTER 25. ALTITUDE AND HOUR ANGLE OF A STAR IN THE FIRST VERTICAL --; CHAPTER 26. ALTITUDE, AZIMUTH AND HOUR ANGLE OF A STAR IN ITS GREATEST DIGRESSION --; CHAPTER 27. THE DIFFERENTIAL FORMULAS --; CHAPTER 28. NAUTICAL TABLES AND FORMULAS --; NAUTICAL FORMULAS --; Print Correction --; Tafel
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783112444207; 9783110637342
• DOI: 10.1515/9783112444207
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: R. Nelting.