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... distance ; instead of the unvaried association with officers engaged in the busy details of daily work , there was a possibility of obtaining breadth of view and fresh- ness of thought by contact with the most vigorous thinkers , in ...
... distance ; instead of the unvaried association with officers engaged in the busy details of daily work , there was a possibility of obtaining breadth of view and fresh- ness of thought by contact with the most vigorous thinkers , in ...
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... distance ; error and rate of chronometer by single altitude , and by equal altitudes ; variation of compass by amplitude , by altitude azimuth , and by time azimuth ; time of high water . 19. NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY . - Definitions and ...
... distance ; error and rate of chronometer by single altitude , and by equal altitudes ; variation of compass by amplitude , by altitude azimuth , and by time azimuth ; time of high water . 19. NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY . - Definitions and ...
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... Distance of a point from a plane . Distance of a point from a right line . Angle of two right lines ; of a right line and a plane ; of two planes . Projections of a prism , a pyramid , a cylinder , a cone with circular base , executed ...
... Distance of a point from a plane . Distance of a point from a right line . Angle of two right lines ; of a right line and a plane ; of two planes . Projections of a prism , a pyramid , a cylinder , a cone with circular base , executed ...
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... distances ; ocean and wind currents ; arrangement and use of the log - line and glass ; calculation of course and distance ... distance , from latitude and longitude , and from bearings and measurement of angles ; conversion of time ...
... distances ; ocean and wind currents ; arrangement and use of the log - line and glass ; calculation of course and distance ... distance , from latitude and longitude , and from bearings and measurement of angles ; conversion of time ...
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... distance from it ? 4. A ship sails NE . by E. from a port in lat . 38 ° 50 ′ S. , long . 93 ° 35 ′ W. , until her diff . lat . is 285 miles ; find the distance she has sailed , and her lat . and long . 5. Find ( by middle latitude ...
... distance from it ? 4. A ship sails NE . by E. from a port in lat . 38 ° 50 ′ S. , long . 93 ° 35 ′ W. , until her diff . lat . is 285 miles ; find the distance she has sailed , and her lat . and long . 5. Find ( by middle latitude ...
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