Browns Nautical Almanac
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Completely revised each year.
Well known in every port throughout the
world. Published annually in September for the following year.
Some
articles printed in the last few years:
True
Rhumbline Distance (WGS-84 Calculations (13 pages), Trans-oceanic
Passages by Rhumbline Sailing - Method A1NA2, Difference in Nautical
Miles between True Rhumbline Distance (WGS-84) and GPS Rhumbline
Distance, Distance Correction for Converting Theoretical (Sphere) into
Correct Practical Great Circle Distances, Correct (accurate) Mercator
Chart (WGS-84) Construction, Trim Calculations. Metacentric Height and
List Calculations, with List Draft Changes, etc.
Draft
Surveying and Displacement Calculations (5 pages), How to get Trim and
Drafts Forward and Aft by Distance between Longitudinal Centres of
Buoyancy and Gravity, Tank's Vertical Centre of Gravity, Free Surface in
the Tank, Useful Information for Safety of Navigation and a Ship,
Sailings, Great Circle Sailing, Differences in Nautical Miles between
Great Circle Distance (Sphere) and Theoretical Geodesic Curve Distance
(Spheroid, WGS-84), etc.
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Bibliographic Notes |
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The Almanac is arranged in parts that are numbered for ready
reference from I to VII as follows:- I, Astronomical data in daily use by
navigators, explanations of its use. II, Nautical Tables and Methods. III, Tide
Tables for Home and Foreign Waters. Predictions have been compiled by the most
reliable authorities as acknowledged. The Tidal Constants for British Isles and
Foreign Ports. IV, Coastal Courses and Distances around the British Isles.
Courses are given Correct Magnetic (2009) and in True (3-figure) notation.
Distances are given to the nearest 0.25 of a mile. The Table of Courses and
Distances around the British Isles, North Sea, English Channel and the Baltic
Ports. V, Distance Tables giving a world-wide coverage of total distances from
the principal ports of Britain, U.S.A. and Canada, to all important ports of
the world. |
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| Numerous other tables give inter-port distances in the important
areas. VI, Miscellaneous Information, Legal, Technical and General. VII,
Lights, Beacons and Buoys of the British Isles including Eire and Channel Isles.
Pilotage information. A mass of Valuable Matter for the Merchant Navy,
Yachtsmen, Shippers, Shipping Offices, etc. Used round the world every day
throughout the year. |
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