A complete collection of tables for navigation and nautical astronomy. With simple, concise, and accurate methods, for all the calculations useful at sea; particularly for deducing the longitude from lunar distances, and the latitude from two altitudes of the sun and the interval of time between the observations / By Joseph de Mendoza Rios.

  • Mendoza y Riós, José de, 1763-1816.
Date:
1809
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A complete collection of tables for navigation and nautical astronomy. With simple, concise, and accurate methods, for all the calculations useful at sea; particularly for deducing the longitude from lunar distances, and the latitude from two altitudes of the sun and the interval of time between the observations / By Joseph de Mendoza Rios. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    T. 1. Depreffions, or Dips of the T. III. Q>rre(Stions for Deviation. Horizon of the Sea. Height of the eye in feet Dip of the Horizon Height of the eye in teet Dip of the Horizon Herglit of the eye i'l feet pip of the Horizon I / // 0. 59 38 / // 6. 4 143 / // II. 46 2 I. 24 41 6. 18 146 11-54 3 1.42 44 6. 32 149 12. I 4 1.58 47 6-45 152 12. 8 3 2. I 2 5° 6. 38 155 12. IS o 2. 2j 53 7. 10 158 12. 22 7 2.36 56 7. 22 161 12. 29 8 2.47 59 7- 34 164 12.36 9 2-57 62 7-45 167 12.43 lO 3- 7 65 7- 56 170 12.50 11 3. 16 68 8. 7 173 12. 57 12 3- 25 71 8. 18 176 13- 4 13 3-33 74 8. 28 179 13-10 14 3-41 77 8.38 182 13- 17 IS 3-40 80 8.48 I8S 13-23 i6 3-56 83 8.58 188 13-30 17 4- 4 86 9. 8 191 13-36 1 i8 4. TI 89 9. 17 194 13-43 19 4- 17 92 9. 26 197 13-49 20 4. 24 95 9- 36 200 13-55 21 4-31 98 9- 45 203 14. 2 1 22 4-37 101 9-54 206 14. 8 23 4- 43 104 10. 2 209 14. 14 24 4- 49 107 10. 11 212 14. 20 25 4-55 I 10 10. 19 215 14. 26 26 5- I i‘3 10. 28^ 218 14-32 27 5- 7 116 10.36 221 14.38 28 s-13 119 10.44 224 14-44 29 5. 18 ] 22 10. 52 227 14.50 30 5- 24 125 11. 0 230 14.56 31 5- 29 128 II. 8 233 15- 2 32 S- 34 131 11. 16 236 15- 7 33 5- 39 134 II. 24 239 15- 13 34 5- 44 137 II. 31 242 15- 19 3S 5- 49 140 11-39 243 1.5- 25 Deviation. Angle. / / / / t / / 0 10 20 30 40 44 48 SO 52 56 I // // / // / // ✓ // / // / // 10 0 1 I 2 3 0. 4 0. 4 0. 4 0- 5 Oi 6 14 0 1 2 3 4 0. 5 0. 5 0. 6 0. 7 0. 8 18 0 1 3 4 5 0. 6 c. 7 0. 7 0. 9 0. 10 22 0 I 3 5 7 .0. 8 0. 8 0. 9 0. 11 0. 12 26 0 2 4 6 8 0- 9 0. 10 0. I I 0. 13 0. IS 1 30 I 2 4 7 9 0. 11 0. 12 0. 13 0. 15 0.17 34 I 2 5 9 10 0. 12 0. 13 0. 14 0. 17 o'. 19 38 I 2 6 10 12 0. 14 0. IS 0. 16 0. 19 0. 22 42 1 3 6 11 13 0. 15 0. 17 0. 18 0. 21 0. 24 46 I 3 7 T 2 14 0. 17 0. 18 0. 20 0. 23 0. 27 50 I 3 8 13 16 0. 19 0. 20 0.22 0. 25 0. 29 54 I 4 8 14 17 0. 20 0. 22 0.24 0. 28 0.32 58 I 4 9 15 19 0. 22 0. 24 0.26 0.30 0-35 62 I 4 10 17 20 0. 24 0. 26 0.28 0-33 0.38 66 I 4 10 18 22 0. 26 0. 28 0.31 o- 35 0.41 70 I 5 (I 20 24 0. 28 0. 31 0.33 0.38 0-44 74 2 5 12 21 25 0.30 0.33 0-35 0. 41 0- 47 78 2 6 13 23 27 o- 33 0. 35 0. 38 0. 44 0.51 82 2 6 14 24 29 0-35 0.3.8 0. 41 0- 47 0-55 1 86 2 7 •5 26 32 o. 37 0.41 0.44 0.51 0.59 90 2 7 16 28 ,34 0. 40 0.44 0. 47 0-55 1- 3 94 2 8 17 30 36 0.43 0. 47 0.51 0- 59 I. 8 98 2 8 19 32 39 0. 46 0. so 0-54 I- 3 1.12 100 2 8 19 33!40 0. 48 0. 52 0.56 I- 5 1-15 102 2 9 20 34 |42 0. 50 o. 54 0.58 1- 7 I. i8 f 104 3 9 20 36 43 0-51 0. 56 I. 0 I. 10 I. 21 i 106 3 9 21 37 45 0-53 0. 58 I- 3 I- 13 I. 24 108 3 10 22 38 46 0.55 I. 0 I- 5 I- 15 I. 27 IIO 3 10 22 40 48 0-57 1. 2 I- 7 1. 18 1.30 112 3 TO 23 41 50 I. 0 I- 5 1.10 I. 21 1-33 ;ii4 3. 11 24 43 52 I. 2 1- 7 1- 13 I. 24 1-37 [116 3 11 25 •45 54 1. 4 1.10 1.16 1. 28 1.41 1118 e*l 12 26 46 56 1- 7 1-13 I. 19 1-31 1-45 1120 3 12 27 48 58 I. TO 1.16 I. 22 1-35 1-49 fj 22 3 X 2 28 50 59 I. 12 I. 19 1- 25 1. 38 1-53 T. II. Dips of the Sea at different Diftances T. IV. Contractions of the Semidiameters, from the Obit rver. Inrlination to the Horizon. Diftance Height of the eye above the Sea in Feet. Alt. - Miles. 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 0 1 2 24 36 48 54 60 66 72 CO s; 90 / / '■ / / // // // // .4 // // // k 11 22 34 45 56 68 79 90 5 0 I 4 9 14 16 '9 21 23 24 25 25 5 6 I I 17 22 28 34 39 45 6 0 I 3 7 12 14 16 17 18 19 19 4 8 12 115 19 23 27 30 7 0 I 2 5 8 9 11 la 13 14 14 14 I 4 6 9 12 15 17 20 23 8 0 0 2 , 4 6 7 8 9 !0 11 11 11 i| 3 5 7 9 12 14 16 19 9 0 0 ] 3 5 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 3 4 6 8 10 12 14 15 10 0 0 A 4 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 2 2 3 5 6 8 10 11 12 13 0 0 I 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 23- 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 0 0 I I 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 16 0 0 I 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3i 2 3 4 5 6 6 7 7 20 0 0 0 I I I 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 7 30 0 0 0 0 I I 1 I I I I 1 5 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0