ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] IN navigation the error introduced by taking the maximum altitude of a heavenly body for its meridian altitude is not sufficiently great to need correction when it is due to variation of declination alone, as it is then much within the probible errors of observation. When, however, a ship is ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/051485a0