For reducing the Time of the Moon's Passage over the Meridian of Greenwich to the Time of its Passage over any other Meridian

Nevil Maskelyne

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107049642.021

TABLE XX - For reducing the Time of the Moon's Passage over the Meridian of Greenwich to the Time of its Passage over any other Meridian

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2014

Nevil Maskelyne

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Frontmatter
PREFACE
TABLE I The Refractions of the Heavenly Bodies in Altitude
TABLE II Depression or Dip of the Horizon of the Sea
TABLE III The Sun's Parallax in Altitude
TABLE IV Augmentation of the Moon's Semidiameter
TABLE V Dip of the Sea at different Distances from the Observer
TABLE VI For reducing the Sun's Declination, as given in the Nautical Almanac for Noon at Greenwich, to any other Time under that Meridian; or to Noon under any other Meridian
TABLE VII The Right Ascensions and Declinations of the principal Fixed Stars of the First and Second Magnitudes, adapted to the Beginning of the Year 1796, with their annual Variations
TABLE VIII For reducing the Apparent Altitude of the Moon to the true
TABLE IX Logarithms for readily computing the true Distance of the Moon from the Sun or a Fixed Star
TABLE X Numbers to be subtracted from the Logarithms in Table IX, when the Moon's Distance from the Sun is observed
TABLE XI Numbers to be subtracted from the Logarithms in Table IX, when the Moon's Distance from a Star is observed
TABLE XII The Moon's Parallax in Altitude
TABLE XIII For computing the Effect of Parallax on the Moon's Distance from the Sun or a Star
TABLE XIV For turning Degrees and Minutes into Time, and the contrary
TABLE XV Proportional Logarithms
TABLE XVI For computing the Latitude of a Ship at Sea, having the Latitude by Account, Two observed Altitudes of the Sun, the Time elapsed between the Observations measured by a common Watch, and the Sun's Declination
TABLE XVII Natural Sines to every Degree and Minute of the Quadrant
TABLE XVIII The Logarithms of Numbers from One to Ten Thousand
TABLE XIX Logarithmic Sines, Tangents, and Secants
TABLE XX For reducing the Time of the Moon's Passage over the Meridian of Greenwich to the Time of its Passage over any other Meridian
TABLE XXI For reducing the Moon's Declination, as given in the Nautical Almanac for Noon and Midnight at Greenwich, to any other Time under that Meridian; or to Noon or Midnight under any other Meridian
TABLE XXII For reducing the Sun's Right Ascension in Time, as given in the Nautical Almanac for Noon at Greenwich, to any other Time under that Meridian; or to Noon under any other Meridian
TABLE XXIII For correcting the Latitude computed from the Latitude by Account, Two observed Altitudes of the Sun, and the interval of Time between them
TABLE XXIV For correcting the Latitude computed from Two Altitudes of the Sun, &c
TABLE XXV For correcting the Latitude computed from Two Altitudes of the Sun, &c
TABLE XXVI For correcting the Apparent Distance of the Moon from a Fixed Star
TABLE XXVII For correcting the Apparent Distance of the Moon from the Sun
TABLE XXVIII For correcting the Apparent Distance of the Moon from the Sun or a Fixed Star
TABLE XXIX The Latitudes and Longitudes of Places, with the Time of High Water at the Full and Change of the Moon, at those places where it is known
XXX The Latitudes and Longitudes of remarkable Places on the Sea Coast of England and Inland
THE EXPLANATION AND USE OF THE TABLES
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Information: Tables Requisite to Be Used with the Nautical Ephemeris, for Finding the Latitude and Longitude at Sea
Published by Order of the Commissioners of Longitude
, pp. 153

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107049642.021 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2014

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