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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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
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