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The Story of the "Britannia": The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903.Statham, Edward Phillips

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The Story of the "Britannia": The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903.

Name: The Story of the "Britannia": The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903.
Author: Statham, Edward Phillips

Statham, Edward Phillips

Britannia (Ship); Great Britain. Royal Navy; Naval education -- Great Britain

=====================+=======================+========================
        SUBJECTS.      |      Third Term.      |     Fourth Term.
  ---------------------+-----------------------+------------------------
                       |                       |
  ALGEBRA              |                       |
   _Hamblin Smith._    |                       |
   (New Edition.)      |                       |
                       |                       |
  EUCLID               |                       |
   _Todhunter._        |                       |
                       |                       |
  TRIGONOMETRY         |Revision.              |Revision.
   _Goodwin._          |Circular Measure.      |
  Plane Theoretical,   |Chap. 12 (0 deg.-360   |
   Part I.             | deg.).                |
                       |Problems.              |
                       |                       |
  Spherical            |Chap. 3, omitting s.   |Solution of Spherical
   Theoretical, Part   | 40, 41, 47, with      | Triangles as applied
   II.                 | Examples.             | to Astronomical
                       |Chap. 5, s. 57, 58.    | Problems.
                       |Chap. 6, s. 64.        |
                       |                       |
  NAVIGATION           |Dead Reckoning.        |Practical Navigation
                       |Great Circle Sailing.  | Paper, Explanations
                       |  Log Line.            | of all necessary
                       |Conversion of Arc into | Rules and Definitions.
                       | Time.                 |
                       |Necessary Proofs,      |
                       | Definitions, and      |
                       | Corrections.          |
                       |                       |
  NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY   |Longitude by Sun Chron.|
                       |Problems in Hour Angle |Astronomical Problems.
                       | Triangle.             |
                       |                       |
  INSTRUMENTS          |Sextant.--Parts and Adjustments, Principles of
                       | construction of Sextant, Vernier, and
                       | Artificial Horizon. Reading, taking Angles
                       | and Index Error.
                       |Compass.--Thomson, Parts of, and use. Taking
                       | bearings by.
                       |                       |
  CHARTS               |Admiralty Charts and Plans.--Use of. Plotting
                       | positions by latitude and longitude, and by
                       | cross bearings.
                       |Mercator's Chart.--Drawing. Plotting positions
                       | on. Course and Distance made good. Set and
                       | drift of Current. Shape a Course.
                       |
                       |Practical use of Chart and Compass when away
                       | in _Racer_.
                       |                       |

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The Story of the "Britannia": The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903.Statham, Edward Phillips

History

The Story of the "Britannia": The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903.

Statham, Edward Phillips

Britannia (Ship); Great Britain. Royal Navy; Naval education -- Great Britain

=====================+=======================+========================
        SUBJECTS.      |      Third Term.      |     Fourth Term.
  ---------------------+-----------------------+------------------------
                       |                       |
  ALGEBRA              |                       |
   _Hamblin Smith._    |                       |
   (New Edition.)      |                       |
                       |                       |
  EUCLID               |                       |
   _Todhunter._        |                       |
                       |                       |
  TRIGONOMETRY         |Revision.              |Revision.
   _Goodwin._          |Circular Measure.      |
  Plane Theoretical,   |Chap. 12 (0 deg.-360   |
   Part I.             | deg.).                |
                       |Problems.              |
                       |                       |
  Spherical            |Chap. 3, omitting s.   |Solution of Spherical
   Theoretical, Part   | 40, 41, 47, with      | Triangles as applied
   II.                 | Examples.             | to Astronomical
                       |Chap. 5, s. 57, 58.    | Problems.
                       |Chap. 6, s. 64.        |
                       |                       |
  NAVIGATION           |Dead Reckoning.        |Practical Navigation
                       |Great Circle Sailing.  | Paper, Explanations
                       |  Log Line.            | of all necessary
                       |Conversion of Arc into | Rules and Definitions.
                       | Time.                 |
                       |Necessary Proofs,      |
                       | Definitions, and      |
                       | Corrections.          |
                       |                       |
  NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY   |Longitude by Sun Chron.|
                       |Problems in Hour Angle |Astronomical Problems.
                       | Triangle.             |
                       |                       |
  INSTRUMENTS          |Sextant.--Parts and Adjustments, Principles of
                       | construction of Sextant, Vernier, and
                       | Artificial Horizon. Reading, taking Angles
                       | and Index Error.
                       |Compass.--Thomson, Parts of, and use. Taking
                       | bearings by.
                       |                       |
  CHARTS               |Admiralty Charts and Plans.--Use of. Plotting
                       | positions by latitude and longitude, and by
                       | cross bearings.
                       |Mercator's Chart.--Drawing. Plotting positions
                       | on. Course and Distance made good. Set and
                       | drift of Current. Shape a Course.
                       |
                       |Practical use of Chart and Compass when away
                       | in _Racer_.
                       |                       |

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The Story of the "Britannia": The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903.

The Story of the "Britannia": The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903.

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