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Aquino
From: Dave Walden
Date: 2009 May 30, 12:03 -0700
From: Dave Walden
Date: 2009 May 30, 12:03 -0700
See page 160 of Navigation By George Leonard Hosmer on google books. AQUINO'S METHOD This method consists in treating the Sumner lines in the same manner as described under St Hilaire's method but using spherical traverse tables to shorten the process The necessary tables will be found in Hydr Office publ No 2oo In order to make the method clear we will work the problem stated on pp 145 149 and 151 Since it makes no difference in the final result whether we use the DR position for plotting the line or some other assumed position we will select a point in such a position that much interpolation in the tables will be avoided ... ******************************************************************************* You can get a reprint of Aquino's tables from abebooks.com for about $18 (i snapped up a used copy for even less on ebay a while ago): The Newest Navigation Altitude And Azimuth Tables: For Facilitating The Determination Of Lines Of Position And Geographical Position At Sea (1918) (ISBN: 0548665710 / 0-548-66571-0) Aquino, Radler De Bookseller: Paperbackshop-US (Elk Grove Village, IL, U.S.A.) Bookseller Rating: Price: US$ 18.35 [Convert Currency] Quantity: > 20 Shipping within U.S.A.: US$ 3.99 [Rates & Speeds] Book Description: Kessinger Publishing, LLC. PAPERBACK. Book Condition: New. 0548665710 Brand New print-on-demand book from our US warehouse in 10-14 days. Bookseller Inventory # IP-9780548665718 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
