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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NATHANIEL BOWDITCH ........................................................................................................................................... iii

PREFACE ................................................................................................................................................................... vii

PART 1 — FUNDAMENTALS

CHAPTER 1.

INTRODUCTION TO MARINE NAVIGATION ...........................................................................1

CHAPTER 2.

GEODESY AND DATUMS IN NAVIGATION ...........................................................................15

CHAPTER 3.

NAUTICAL CHARTS ...................................................................................................................23

CHAPTER 4.

NAUTICAL PUBLICATIONS ......................................................................................................51

PART 2 — PILOTING

CHAPTER 5.

SHORT RANGE AIDS TO NAVIGATION ..................................................................................63

CHAPTER 6.

COMPASSES .................................................................................................................................81

CHAPTER 7.

DEAD RECKONING .....................................................................................................................99

CHAPTER 8.

PILOTING ....................................................................................................................................105

CHAPTER 9.

TIDES AND TIDAL CURRENTS ...............................................................................................129

PART 3 — ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION

CHAPTER 10. RADIO WAVES ...........................................................................................................................151

CHAPTER 11. SATELLITE NAVIGATION .......................................................................................................163

CHAPTER 12. LORAN NAVIGATION ...............................................................................................................173

CHAPTER 13. RADAR NAVIGATION ..............................................................................................................187

CHAPTER 14. ELECTRONIC CHARTS .............................................................................................................199

PART 4 — CELESTIAL NAVIGATION

CHAPTER 15. NAVIGATIONAL ASTRONOMY ..............................................................................................217

CHAPTER 16. INSTRUMENTS FOR CELESTIAL NAVIGATION .................................................................261

CHAPTER 17. AZIMUTHS AND AMPLITUDES ..............................................................................................271

CHAPTER 18. TIME .............................................................................................................................................275

CHAPTER 19. THE ALMANACS .......................................................................................................................287

CHAPTER 20. SIGHT REDUCTION ...................................................................................................................295

PART 5 — NAVIGATIONAL MATHEMATICS

CHAPTER 21. NAVIGATIONAL MATHEMATICS ..........................................................................................317

CHAPTER 22. CALCULATIONS AND CONVERSIONS .................................................................................329

CHAPTER 23. NAVIGATIONAL ERRORS .......................................................................................................341

CHAPTER 24. THE SAILINGS ............................................................................................................................345

PART 6 — NAVIGATIONAL SAFETY

CHAPTER 25. NAVIGATION PROCESSES ......................................................................................................363

CHAPTER 26. EMERGENCY NAVIGATION ...................................................................................................373

CHAPTER 27. NAVIGATION REGULATIONS ................................................................................................383

CHAPTER 28. MARITIME SAFETY SYSTEMS ...............................................................................................393

CHAPTER 29. HYDROGRAPHY ........................................................................................................................409

PART 7 — OCEANOGRAPHY

CHAPTER 30.

THE OCEANS ........................................................................................................................... 425

CHAPTER 31.

OCEAN CURRENTS ................................................................................................................ 433

CHAPTER 32.

WAVES, BREAKERS AND SURF .......................................................................................... 441

CHAPTER 33.

ICE NAVIGATION ................................................................................................................... 453

PART 8 — MARINE METEOROLOGY

CHAPTER 34.

WEATHER ELEMENTS .......................................................................................................... 481

CHAPTER 35.

TROPICAL CYCLONES .......................................................................................................... 503

CHAPTER 36.

WEATHER OBSERVATIONS ................................................................................................. 519

CHAPTER 37.

WEATHER ROUTING ............................................................................................................. 545

NAVIGATION TABLES

EXPLANATION OF NAVIGATION TABLES ....................................................................................................... 557

MATHEMATICAL TABLES

TABLE 1.

LOGARITHMS OF NUMBERS ............................................................................................... 565

TABLE 2.

NATURAL TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS ....................................................................... 575

TABLE 3.

COMMON LOGARITHMS OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS ...................................... 598

TABLE 4.

TRAVERSE TABLES ............................................................................................................... 621

CARTOGRAPHIC TABLES

TABLE 5.

NATURAL AND NUMERICAL CHART SCALES ............................................................... 666

TABLE 6.

MERIDIONAL PARTS ............................................................................................................. 667

TABLE 7.

LENGTH OF A DEGREE OF LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ............................................ 672

PILOTING TABLES

TABLE 8.

CONVERSION TABLE FOR METERS, FEET, AND FATHOMS ........................................ 673

TABLE 9.

CONVERSION TABLE FOR NAUTICAL AND STATUTE MILES ..................................... 674

TABLE 10.

SPEED TABLE FOR MEASURED MILE ............................................................................... 675

TABLE 11.

SPEED, TIME, AND DISTANCE ............................................................................................ 676

TABLE 12.

DISTANCE OF THE HORIZON .............................................................................................. 679

TABLE 13.

GEOGRAPHIC RANGE ........................................................................................................... 680

TABLE 14.

DIP OF THE SEA SHORT OF THE HORIZON ...................................................................... 682

TABLE 15.

DISTANCE BY VERTICAL ANGLE MEASURED BETWEEN SEA HORIZON

AND TOP OF OBJECT BEYOND SEA HORIZON ................................................................ 683

TABLE 16.

DISTANCE BY VERTICAL ANGLE MEASURED BETWEEN WATERLINE

AT OBJECT AND TOP OF OBJECT ....................................................................................... 685

TABLE 17.

DISTANCE BY VERTICAL ANGLE MEASURED BETWEEN WATERLINE

AT OBJECT AND SEA HORIZON BEYOND OBJECT ........................................................ 687

TABLE 18.

DISTANCE OF AN OBJECT BY TWO BEARINGS .............................................................. 688

CELESTIAL NAVIGATION TABLES

TABLE 19.

TABLE OF OFFSETS ..................................................................................................................691

TABLE 20.

MERIDIAN ANGLE AND ALTITUDE OF A BODY ON THE PRIME

VERTICAL CIRCLE ....................................................................................................................692

TABLE 21.

LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE FACTORS ..............................................................................694

TABLE 22.

AMPLITUDES .............................................................................................................................698

TABLE 23.

CORRECTION OF AMPLITUDE AS OBSERVED ON THE

VISIBLE HORIZON ....................................................................................................................700

TABLE 24.

ALTITUDE FACTORS ................................................................................................................701

TABLE 25.

CHANGE OF ALTITUDE IN GIVEN TIME FROM MERIDIAN TRANSIT ..........................706

TABLE 26.

TIME ZONES, ZONE DESCRIPTIONS, AND SUFFIXES .......................................................708

TABLE 27.

ALTITUDE CORRECTION FOR AIR TEMPERATURE ..........................................................709

TABLE 28.

ALTITUDE CORRECTION FOR ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE ..............................................709

METEOROLOGICAL TABLES

TABLE 29.

CONVERSION TABLE FOR THERMOMETER SCALES .......................................................710

TABLE 30.

DIRECTION AND SPEED OF TRUE WIND IN UNITS OF SHIP'S SPEED ...........................711

TABLE 31.

CORRECTION OF BAROMETER READING FOR HEIGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL .............712

TABLE 32.

CORRECTION OF BAROMETER READING FOR GRAVITY ...............................................712

TABLE 33.

CORRECTION OF BAROMETER READING FOR TEMPERATURE ...................................712

TABLE 34.

CONVERSION TABLE FOR MILLIBARS, INCHES, AND MILLIMETERS

OF MERCURY .............................................................................................................................713

TABLE 35.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY ..............................................................................................................714

TABLE 36.

DEW POINT .................................................................................................................................715

GLOSSARIES

GLOSSARY OF MARINE NAVIGATION .............................................................................................................717

GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ......................................................................................855

INDEX

863-879

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