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IN this concise little book the art of navigation is treated from an elementary standpoint. Commencing by explaining the meaning of a few mathematical expressions, including triangles, the author goes on to trigonometrical ratios and logarithms, and shows how they are brought into use for the purpose of finding a ship's position. The errors that have to be corrected are explained, as well as the determination of time and the use of the sextant.
Latitude and Longitude: How to Find them.
By W. J. Millar. (London: Charles Griffin and Co., 1896.)
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L., O. Latitude and Longitude: How to Find them. Nature 54, 292 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054292b0
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