A practical manual of the compass; a short treatise on the errors of the magnetic compass

Harris Laning

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"Department/IstronoYwy A PRACTICAL MANUAL OF THE COMPASS A PRACTICAL MANUAL OF THE COMPASS TREATISE ON THEA SHORT ERRORS OF THE MAGNETIC COMPASS, WITH THE METHODS EMPLOYED IN THE U. S. NAVY FOR COMPENSATING THE DEVIATIONS AND A DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING THE GYRO-COMPASS PREPARED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE BUREAU OF NAVY DEPARTMENTNAVIGATION, PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE MARYLANDANNAPOLIS, 1916 1C11 DepUsuon. BYCOPYRIGHT, 1913, RALPH EARLE, Treas. U. S. Naval Institute.andSecy, BYCOPYRIGHT, 1913, E. KING,J. Treas. U. S. Naval Institute.Secv. and BYCOPYRIGHT, 1914, B. C. ALLEN, Treas. U. S. Naval Institute.andSecy, BYCOPYRIGHT, 1915, B. C. ALLEN, U. S. Naval Institute.Sccv. and Treas. BALTIMORE. MD., U. S. A. PREFACE Naval and Naval isThis at the Observatory Academy, designedbook, prepared manual and to Diehl s Practical Problemsto become the service replacecompass the which will not beand the Compass, republished.Compensation of Lieutenant Commander Harris Head oiIt was compiled by Laning,originally for midat the Naval as a text-bookthe of Navigation Academy,Department shipmen. revision of Diehl been undertaken the Naval Obserahowever, having byLater, on theto use this book and to add two to oneit was decided it,chaptersvatory, the other a of the instruments to the serviceand description suppliedgyro-compass work.

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• Compass

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• Nombre de lectures: 13
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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"Department/IstronoYwyA PRACTICAL MANUAL OF THE COMPASSA PRACTICAL MANUAL OF
THE COMPASS
TREATISE ON THEA SHORT ERRORS OF THE MAGNETIC COMPASS,
WITH THE METHODS EMPLOYED IN THE U. S. NAVY
FOR COMPENSATING THE DEVIATIONS
AND
A DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING THE
GYRO-COMPASS
PREPARED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE BUREAU OF NAVY DEPARTMENTNAVIGATION,
PUBLISHED BY
THE UNITED STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE
MARYLANDANNAPOLIS,
19161C11
DepUsuon.
BYCOPYRIGHT, 1913,
RALPH EARLE,
Treas. U. S. Naval Institute.andSecy,
BYCOPYRIGHT, 1913,
E. KING,J.
Treas. U. S. Naval Institute.Secv. and
BYCOPYRIGHT, 1914,
B. C. ALLEN,
Treas. U. S. Naval Institute.andSecy,
BYCOPYRIGHT, 1915,
B. C. ALLEN,
U. S. Naval Institute.Sccv. and Treas.
BALTIMORE. MD., U. S. A.PREFACE
Naval and Naval isThis at the Observatory Academy, designedbook, prepared
manual and to Diehl s Practical Problemsto become the service replacecompass
the which will not beand the Compass, republished.Compensation of
Lieutenant Commander Harris Head oiIt was compiled by Laning,originally
for midat the Naval as a text-bookthe of Navigation Academy,Department
shipmen.
revision of Diehl been undertaken the Naval Obserahowever, having byLater,
on theto use this book and to add two to oneit was decided it,chaptersvatory,
the other a of the instruments to the serviceand description suppliedgyro-compass
work. These two as well asin connection with VI,compass chapters, Chapter
of were at the Naval Lieuand a revision Chapter X, prepared Observatory by
C. T. in of the Office.tenant Commander Owens, charge Compass Acknowledg
D. W. Blamer and C. and to Lieutenantments are due to Commanders Geprge Day,
for notes on material and work whichCommander C. R. Miller, compass compass
with at the Navalwere used in connection chapters prepared Observatory.
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the addition of the onIt was further by chapters Compassenlarged (1916)
the Azimuth Commander B. U. S.Corrections Patton,Method," by J. Navy,by
"
L. M.and on the of the Nulton,Principles Gyroscopic Compass," by Captain
S.U. Navy.
from various which the bestThis book is a sources, brings togethercompilation
and in one volume what would otherwise havematerial on the putspractical subject
and The mathematicalto be taken from several books many pamphlets. complex
of the and the derivation of formulae have beenof the deviationtheory compass
a sufficient of causes and effects is to enablebutomitted, explanation givenentirely
that arise.the student to understand any ordinary problem may
on the of the Deviation of the theFor a more course subject Compass,complete
are recommended :booksfollowing
Manual Deviations.British Admiralty of
Muir.and Deviations,Navigation Compass
the in Iron Creak.Deviation Ships,of
VICTOR BLUE,
Chief of Bureau of Navigation.
NAVY D.DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, C, April i, 1916.
37032.-J