nautical almanac

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A book of the first necessity to navigators. (See ephemeris.)

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  • Almanac

    ·noun A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and var...

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  • almanac

    A record of the days, feasts, and celestial phenomena of the year. Though confounded with calendar, ...

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  • Nautical

    ·adj Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as, nautical skill. ...

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  • nautical

    Relating to navigation, sailors, or maritime affairs in general. ...

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    Persons of nautical experience appointed to assist the judge of the admiralty and other courts in te...

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  • nautical astronomy

    That part of the celestial science which treats of the planets and stars so far as relates to the pu...

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  • nautical day

    This day commences at noon, twelve hours before the civil day, and ends at noon of the day following...

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    (MEAN) = 6075·6 feet. ...

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  • nautical stars

    About 72 of the brightest, which have been selected for determining the latitude or the longitude, b...

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  • nautical tables

    Those especially computed for resolution of matters dependent on nautical astronomy, and navigation ...

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