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Journal of a Voyage from England to Madeira

New and Complete Epitome of Practical Navigation

Norie, J. W. 1828

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Funding for digitization provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Explanation of Tables
  • Introduction
  • Decimal Arithmetic
  • Logarithmical Arithmetic
  • Practical Geometry – Definitions – Problems
  • Description and Use of Gunter’s Scales – Of the common Gunter – Of the sliding Gunter
  • Description and Use of the Sector
  • Plane Trigonometry – Right-Angled Trigonometry – Oblique-Angled Trigonometry
  • Geography – Of the Figure and Magnitude of the Earth – Of the natural Divisions of the Earth – Of the Imaginary Divisions of the Earth – Of Latitude and Longitude
  • Description and Use of the Log, Half-Minute Glass and Compass – Of the Log and Half-Minute Glass – Of the Mariner’s Compass
  • Plane Sailing
  • Traverse Sailing
  • Parallel Sailing
  • Middle Latitude Sailing
  • Mercator’s Sailing
  • Oblique Sailing
  • Current Sailing
  • Description and Use of Charts – Of Plane Charts – Of Mercator’s Charts – Use of Mercator’s Charts
  • Maritime Surveying
  • Astronomy – Of the Solar System – Of the Sphere – Of the Diameter of the Sun, Moon, &c. – Depression or Dip of the Horizon – Refraction – Parallax
  • Winds
  • Tides – Methods of Finding the Time of High Water
  • Description and Use of Hadley’s Quadrant – Adjustments of the Quadrant – Use of the Quadrant
  • Of Finding the Latitude by Observation – To Find the Latitude by a Meridian Altitude of the Sun – To Find the Latitude by a Meridian Altitude of a Star
  • Variation of the Compass – Description of the Azimuth Compass – Use of the Aximuth Compass – To find the Variation by an Amplitude – To Find the Variation by an Azimuth – To Find the true Azimuth by Another Method
  • Description and Use of Hadley’s Sextent – Adjustments of the Sextant – Use of the Sextant
  • Description and Use of the Artificial Horizon
  • Of Finding the Longitude by Observation – Method of Taking a Lunar Observaton – To Find the Apparent Time by an Altitude of the Sun – To Find the Apparent Time by an Altitude of a Star – To Find the Error of a Watch by Equal Altitudes of the Sun
  • To Find the Longitude by Lunar Obervations – To Find the Apparent Altitude of the Sun, Moon, or a Star
  • To Find the Longitude by Chronometers or Time-Keepers – To Find The Rate of a Chronometer of Time-Keeper
  • Method of Keeping a Journal at Sea – To Correct the Courses Steered by Compass – Rules for Correcting the Dead Reckoning – General Rules for Working a Day’s Work – Examples of Day’s Works
  • Journal of a Voyage from England to Madeira
  • Form of a Navy Log
  • Form of an East India Journal
  • Explanation of Sea Terms
  • Examination of a Young Sea Officer
  • Tables
  • Directions and Tables
  • Elements of Geometry
  • Mathematical Geometry
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      • New London Whaling Masters
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      • San Francisco Shangaiers 1886-1890
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      • What Did Explorers Read?
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      • Log of Mystic Seaport
      • MotorBoating
      • The Rudder
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      • William Garden Design Articles
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      • Coriolis, Interdisciplinary Journal of Maritime Studies
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      • Oral History Interviews
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      • Connecticut History Illustrated
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