Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-t7fkt Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-02T23:51:12.649Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Plotting Sights with the Douglas Protractor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

The 10-in Douglas protractor can be modified to reduce the time taken to plot astronomical sights in the following manner. Two narrow slots are cut parallel to the central E.–W. line, and ¾ in each side of it, from the central N.-S. line to the western margin of the graticule.

Type
Forum
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1954