1 1 Practical Navigation for Second Mates

2 2 Foreword to the Fifth Edition

3 3 Contents

4 4 Section 1

5 5 Chapter 1 The Measurement of position and Distance Earth Surface

6 6 Chapter 2 The Measurement of Direction

7 7 Chapter 3 Position Lines

8 8 Chapter 4 The Sailings

9 9Chapter 5 The Traverse Table and the Transferred Position Line

10 10 Chapter 6 Tides

11 11 Chapter 7 The Celestial Sphere and the Nautical Almanac

12 12 Chapter 8 Compass Error by Astronomical Observation

13 13 Section 2

14 14 Chapter 9 Position Circles and Position Lines

15 15 Chapter 10 Correction of Altitudes

16 16 Chapter 11 Latitude by Meridian Altitude

17 17 Chapter 12 The Calculation of A Position Line

18 18 Chapter 13 Latitude by Ex-Meridian problem

19 19 Chapter 14 Latitude by the Pole Star

20 20 Chapter 15 Great Circle Sailing

21 21 Specimen Papers

22 22 Answers

23 23 Extracts from the Nautical Almanac,1980

24 24 Extracts from the Admiraty Tide Tables 1980

25 25 Index