cers' Material School_,

_Naval Auxiliary Reserve_

CONTENTS

WEEK I--PILOTING

_Tuesday_--The Compass 1

_Wednesday_--Pelorus; Parallel Rulers; The Lead,
Sounding Machine, Dividers and Log 6

_Thursday_--The Chart 10

_Friday_--The Protractor and Sextant 13

_Saturday_--Fixes, Angles by Bearings and Sextant 16

WEEK II--DEAD RECKONING

_Tuesday_--Latitude and Longitude 20

_Wednesday_--Useful Tables--Plane and Traverse Sailing 23

_Thursday_--Examples on Plane and Traverse Sailing (Continued) 27

_Friday_--Mercator Sailing 28

_Saturday_--Great Circle Sailing--The Chronometer 30

WEEK III--CELESTIAL NAVIGATION

_Tuesday_--Celestial Co-ordinates, Equinoctial System, etc. 34

_Wednesday_--Time by the Sun--Mean Time, Solar Time,
Conversion, etc. 36

_Thursday_--Sidereal Time--Right Ascension 43

_Friday_--The Nautical Almanac 47

_Saturday_--Correction of Observed Altitudes 52

WEEK IV--NAVIGATION

_Tuesday_--The Line of Position 55

_Wednesday_--Latitude by Meridian Altitude 58

_Thursday_--Azimuths of the Sun 61

_Friday_---Marc St. Hilaire Method by a Sun Sight 63

_Saturday_--Examples on Marc St. Hilaire Method by a Sun Sight 66

WEEK V--NAVIGATION

_Tuesday_--A Short Talk on the Planets and Stars--Identification of
Stars--Time of Meridian Passage of a Star 66

_Wednesday_--Latitude by Meridian Altitude of a Star--Latitude by
Polaris 73

_Thursday_--Marc St. Hilaire Method by a Star Sight 74

_Friday_--Examples: Latitude by Meridian Altitude of a Star;
Latitude by Polaris; Marc St. Hilaire Method by a Star Sight 75

_Saturday_--Longitude by Chronometer Sight of the Sun 76

WEEK VI--NAVIGATION

_Tuesday_--Longitude by Chronometer Sight of a Star