NavList:
A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
Re: Oblique Ascension
From: UNK
Date: 2010 Apr 26, 21:13 +0000
From: UNK
Date: 2010 Apr 26, 21:13 +0000
Before you try to divine the true meaning of the definitions, be warned that there is a crucial typo in number 4. Do you see it? Herbert Brad Morris wrote: > > While browsing, Atkinson, "Epitome of the Art of Naviation", I came > across that very phrase. There is a definition of "Ascension", > "Descension", "Right Ascension", "Oblique Ascension" and "Ascensional > Difference" given on page 168. While I have not yet divined the true > meaning of the provided terminology, I thought to share the > definitions with the NavList. > > http://books.google.com/books?id=XZ7gRKWTsJAC&lpg=PA117&ots=veEKsyjSDZ&dq=atkinson%20oblique%20navigation&pg=PA168#v=onepage&q=oblique%20ascension&f=false >
