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Position Fixing with Neither Dead Reckoning nor GMT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2009

W. B. Fu
W. B. Fu
Affiliation:
(Hong Kong Polytechnic)
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This is a short summary of a paper which shows what a navigator can do to fix his position at sea using basic equipment (sextant, hand-held compass, almanac, four-figure mathematical tables) without the help of dead reckoning or the benefits of GMT.

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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 40 , Issue 3 , September 1987 , pp. 393
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1987