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Mécanique Céleste; Volume 1
Pierre Simon Laplace, Nathaniel Bowditch, N 1805-1861 Bowditch
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R995
Discovery Miles 9 950
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Many useful tables and glossary of marine navigation are in volume
II Due to critical feedback from academia, the 2017 edition
reconstitutes several deleted or abridged chapters removed from the
previous two editions. The additional text warranted the return of
a two-volume format with the useful tables and glossary of marine
navigation located in volume II. CHAPTER 1, MATHEMATICS CHAPTER 2,
INTERPOLATION includes discussion on single, double, triple and
nonlinear interpolation (with Bessel's formula included). CHAPTER
3, NAVIGATIONAL ERROR The chapter goes into greater depth on the
subject than the 2002 edition. CHAPTER 4, CALCULATIONS AND
CONVERSIONS summarizes the formulas the navigator depends upon
during voyage planning, piloting, celestial navigation, and various
related tasks. CHAPTER 5, COMPASS CONVERSIONS contains information
on magnetic compass error, deviation table, applying variation and
deviation, along with several example problems. CHAPTER 6, COMPASS
ERROR
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