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Distance by Vertical Angle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

Charles H. Cotter
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The note by V. L. Bosazza (on page 112) raises a number of interesting points. First it must be noted that there is no indication in Ryder's book that the horizon method, viz. ‘To observe from the cross-trees or other convenient place the angle subtended between the horizon and the enemy's waterline’, was used before it was introduced by Ryder in 1845. Ryder remarked that in not a single man-of-war which he visited before the time of the publication of his book did he find any method in use that would denote satisfactorily the range of a ship at sea; and it was to meet this deficiency that he suggested his horizon method.

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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , January 1972 , pp. 109 - 111
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1972

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