| United States. Hydrographic Office - 1918 - 514 Seiten
...of a line, are correctly placed. If communication can be had with the shore, positions may be fixed with great accuracy by occupying with -theodolite...position sought, should be measured as a check. The compass.—It is not intended that the use of the compass to fix the ship should be given up; in ordinary... | |
| U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - 1919 - 384 Seiten
...interpolation. A single angle "and a range give, in general, an excellent fix, easily obtained and plotted. THE COMPASS. — It is not intended that the use of the compass to fix the position should be given up; there are many circumstances in which it may be usefully employed, but... | |
| U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - 1921 - 386 Seiten
...advantage with the compass bearings and a better fix obtained than by two bearings alone. THE COMPASS.—It is not intended that the use of the compass to fix the position should be given up; there are many circumstances in which it may be usefully employed, but... | |
| Great Britain. Hydrographic Department - 1925 - 490 Seiten
...small error in either taking or plotting a bearing under such circumstances may put the ship ashore. It is not intended that the use of the compass to fix the ship should be given up : there are many circumstances in which it may be usefully employed, but errors more readily creep... | |
| 1926 - 260 Seiten
...interpolation. A single angle and a range give, in general, an excellent fix, easily obtained and plotted. THE COMPASS. — It is not intended that the use of the compass to fix the position should be given up. There are many circumstances in which it may be usefully employed, but... | |
| 1922 - 232 Seiten
...angle and a range give, in general, an excellent fix, easily obtained and plotted. THE COMPASS.—It is not intended that the use of the compass to fix the position should be given up; there are many circumstances in which it may be usefully employed, but... | |
| 1923 - 116 Seiten
...angle and a range give, in general, an excellent fix, easily obtained and plotted. THE COMPASS.—It is not intended that the use of the compass to fix the position should be given up. There are many circumstances in which it may be usefully employed, but... | |
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