10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBLIQUE SAILING»
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The Practical Navigator: Containing Instructions for Keeping ...
Oblique Sailing is the application of oblique angled plane trigonometry to the
solution of problems at sea. ... Also, when it is required to settle the latitude of a
particular place from observations taken at sea, oblique sailing becomes
necessary ...
William Black (teacher of navigation.), 1839
Oblique Sailing—All problems in plane sailing whose solutions cannot be
effected by the aid of a right'angled plane triangle, are treated of under the head
of oblique sailing. These problems are generally concerned with the motions of
more ...
John Bradley HARBORD, 1863
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The Practical Navigator: Being a Complete Epitome of ...
... are more immediately necessary in navigation, and is chiefly used in taking the
maps of harbours, sea-coasts, &c, as follows: Oblique Sailing exemplified by
prnper Examples. CASE I. The bearing and distance of two places from each
other, ...
John Hamilton Moore, Joseph Foss Dessiou, 1828
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The New Practical Navigator: Being a Complete Epitome of ...
Oblique Sailing exemplified by proper Examples. CASE I. The bearing and
distance of (wo places from each other, as also the bearing df each of them, from
a third place, being given, to find the distance from the said third place to each of
the ...
John Hamilton Moore, Joseph Foss Dessiou, 1810
5
The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences
Oblique sailing, in navigation, is when a ship sails npon some rhumb between
the four cardinal points, making an oblique angle with the meridian ; in which
case she continually changes both latitude and longitude. Oblique sailing is of
three ...
6
The Complete Navigator; Or, An Easy and Familiar Guide to ...
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Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of ...
OBLIQUE Sailing, is when the Ship runneth upon some Rhumb between any of
the Four Cardinal Points, making an Oblique Angle with the Meridian ; and then
she changeth continually both Latitude and Longitude. There are- Three kinds of
...
8
The Mariner's New Daily Assistant: Containing the ...
Oblique Sailing is only the application of Oblique Trigonometry to the solution of
Geometrical Problems, supposed to be formed by three objects viewed, at sea, or
on land. On sea, when two of the objects are stationary, the ship is taken for the ...
James Griffin (teacher of navigation.), 1844
9
The Edinburgh encyclopaedia
Oblique Sailing is chiefly employed in marine surveying, and the solution of such
nautical problems as are connected with coasting, ... The problems which admit
of being solved by Oblique sailing, or rather by the application of Oblique Plane ...
10
A New and Complete Epitome of Practical Navigation: ...
OBLIQUE SAILING. v-'BLIQUE SATLTNG is the application of oblique-angled
plane Triangles to various Cases at Sea; as in coasting along Shores,
approaching or leaving the Land, surveying Coasts and Harbours, &;c. In this
kind of Sailing, ...
