Frost, A. <br/><br/>
Practical navigation for officers of the watch / 
by A. Frost. 
 - vii, 338 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Latitude and longitude. Units of distance -- The use of charts and other navigational publications -- Compasses, compass errors. Courses and bearings -- Chartwork constructions. Allowance for wind and tide -- Position lines. Position fixing by terrestrial observation -- The sailings -- Tides, tide tables and other tidal information -- Radar navigation -- The celestial sphere and the nautical almanac -- Time -- Compass error by astronomical observation -- Altitute and azimuth. Correction of altitudes -- Position lines from astronomical observations -- Latitude by meridian altitude -- Calculation of position lines from bodies out of the meridian -- Latitude by pole star.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0851747078 (hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Navigation--Handbooks, manuals, etc<br/>Navigation
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>623.89