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

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

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Reference Works <1990
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Nelting, R.,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021]
©1909
Year of Publication:2021
Edition:Reprint 2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (67 p.) :; Num. figs.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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