PRACTICAL NAVIGATION NUTSHELL SERIES BOOK 1 VIJAYA PUBLICATIONS 2 CHAITRA, $50 ELEVENTH ROAD, ‘CHEMBUR, MUMBAI, 400 071C PREFACE T0 THE THIRD EDITION The overwhelming response, in India and abroad, tothe ‘Nutshell Series” of book, especially this rst ope ~ Practical again = has encouraged me to hep thinking of various ways ‘by which improvements could be mae with cach subsoqucat ction, In this eton, suficiatthoory hs been ade to make the student understand the subjct of Practical Navigation beter than was possible wth the previous editions ‘Working with the help of Nautical Tables has been retained but the use of a simple, sce, electronic ealultor thas been llutrated and encouraged throughout ince the subjet of “Spherical Trigonometry” has boon coverod by "Nutshell Sen’ book number eight, the descriptions fof stops in the chapers on Grea Cicle and Compost Cirle Saling have been stably educa, Bombay Ist Devmber 1995 H. Subramaniam CONTENTS Recommended terms and abbreviations Terrestrial erences Celestial references Figure drawing Preliminary’ calculations Plane and pall sling Exereige 1 Plane & parallel sailing Use of Traverse Tables Exercise 2~ Use of Traverse Tables “The Mercator Char Mercator sailing Exercise 3- Mercator Sailing Correction of alitude - hry (Correction faites - racial Days work (Chronamste ime Exercise 4~ Chonometereror “Theory of astronenical poston lines SUN worked examples and exercises 14.1 = Meridian alte 14.2 Azimuth 143 Amplitude 14.4 Longitude by chronometer 143 -itereopt 146-Exmendan STARS - worked examples and exercises 15.1 ~ Meridian aude 152 Azimuth 15.3 - Longitude by chronometer 154 ntereep 155 Exmendian 156- Polar20 2 2 PLANETS - worked examples and exerts 16.1 Meridian alte 162 Azimuth 163 Lengitade by eoramsse 164 Ineroept 16S Exmeriian [MOON - worked examples and exercises 17 - Amplitude 172 Meridian atte 173 Asimuth 17.4 Longitude by eronomstr 75 atxeept 176-Exmendian Graphical combination of sights "A +, Simultaneous cbeervstions B- Staggered observations Corton of sample eosin sights Exersse 24 Ero insights (Computation of aliudes Exereise 29 ald computation Star entiation Eyer 30 snr deifcation Great Cie Sting veri 3 great izle sling Composite Cele Sailing Exereise 32~ composite circle sailing Altitude Above and bow th pole Stars suitable for observation Exercise 33 suitable sare Answers Summaty of formule for use by clelator ay 1 16 9 13 6 19 0 ited 6 M9 153 16s ABBREVIATIONS} RECOMMENDED TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS TERMS: (@) Dead reckoning (or DR) position is that obtained by allowing fr courses and distances only (©) Estimated position (or EP) is that obtained by allowing for ‘courses and distances and also for estimated leeway” and curren, any (©) Chosen position (or CP) is that position, nearest to the observer, chosen so thatthe latitude sa ineral degree and the Tonge it such thatthe local hou angle of the ody at the time of the observation i also an integral degre, (4 Sextnt alia is tha read ofa sextant. (6) Observed atiude is the sextant altitude conected fr index ro, any ABBREVIATIONS Latte tat Course Colette Coat Gyro oe