NAVIGATION, Journal of the Institute of Navigation

Volume: 3
Published: 1951

   Volume 3, Number 1&2 (1951)
Title Author Page Numbers
EARLY NAVIGATION MANUALS Grenville D. Zerfass 3 - 9
UNIFICATION OF THE AIR ALMANAC AND THE AMERICAN AIR ALMANAC G. M. Clemence and D. H. Sadler 9 - 11
ASTRONOMICAL FORMULAE FOR USE IN NAVIGATION Charles Fox 12 - 15
THE ORIGINAL STAR FINDER Captain Gilbert T. Rude 15 - 16
SOME FACTORS IN THE FUTURE OF AIR NAVIGATION Edward Warner 17 - 23
SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR MORE PRECISE LORAN NAVIGATION Arthur R. Miller 23 - 29
TRANSPOLAR CELESTIAL FOR HIGH SPEED NAVIGATION Thoburn C. Lyon 29 - 33
ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTION AT LOW ANGULAR ALTITUDES IN THE TEMPERATE ZONES Charles H. Smiley 33 - 36
REFRACTION NEAR THE HORIZON G. M. Clemence 36 - 41
LOW ALTITUDE REFRACTION CORRECTION Captain Raleigh C. Willems 41 - 45
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT IN A.T.C. SYSTEM Winslow Palmer 45 - 49
LUNAR PARALLAX METHOD OF ASTRO NAVIGATION J. S. Thompson 50 - 57
INTERPLANETARY NAVIGATION Samuel Herrick 57 - 59
DYNAMIC ASPECT OF ERRORS IN RADIO NAVIGATION SYSTEMS PARTICULARLY IN CASES OF FAST MOVING RECEIVERS OR TRANSMITTERS H. Busignies 60 - 62
BOOK REVIEWS - 62 - 64
   Volume 3, Number 10 (1953)
Title Author Page Numbers
THE POCKET NAUTICAL ALMANAC Paul E. Wylie 349 - 352
PERSONAL EQUATION AND THE MODERN MARINE SEXTANT Charles H. Smiley and Mark Quirk 353 - 356
A PICTORIAL FLYING COMPUTER Arthur B. Sperry 356 - 359
THE APPLICATION OF RADIOTELEPHONY TO THE NAVIGATIONAL AND OPERATIONAL NEEDS OF THE MARITIME SERVICE C. M. Jansky, Jr. 359 - 363
STATUS OF AIR NAVIGATION TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM Hamilton I. Rothrock 363 - 368
INDEX TO VOLUME 3 OF NAVIGATION (this wasn't included in the original table of contents) - 364 - 364
IMPACT OF MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS ON FUTURE NAVIGATION John M. Wuerth 368 - 373
ABSTRACTS - 373 - 375
THE READER'S LOG - 375 - 375
CORPORATE MEMBERS - 376 - 377
MEETINGS - 377 - 377
THURLOW NAVIGATION AWARD - 378 - 378
   Volume 3, Number 3 (1952)
Title Author Page Numbers
FOREWORD - 66 - 66
A TWILIGHT COMPUTER AND PLANISPHERE FOR HIGH LATITUDE NAVIGATION J. W. Cox and S/L K. R. Greenaway, RCAF 67 - 73
THE DESIGN OF AERONAUTICAL CHARTS Rolland H. Waters and Edward W. Bishop 73 - 78
NORWAY-ALASKA VIA 900 NORTH LATITUDE Captain Charles F. Blair, Jr. 78 - 80
ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTION AT LOW ANGULAR ALTITUDES IN THE POLAR REGIONS Charles H. Smiley 81 - 84
FLIGHT NAVIGATION TECHNIQUES ACROSS THE PACIFIC Robert S. Nielsen 84 - 89
THE INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC BUREAU Rear Admiral C. L. Nichols 89 - 93
H. O. 249 REVISED John Dohm 93 - 94
Book REVIEWS - 94 - 97
MEETINGS - 98 - 100
MEMBERSHIP LIST - 100 - 100
   Volume 3, Number 4 (1952)
Title Author Page Numbers
FOREWORD - 102 - 102
NATHANIEL BOWDITCH Grenville D. Zerfass 103 - 103
POLAR NAVIGATION Captain J. O. Sanders 104 - 108
TYCHO BRAHE Samuel Herrick 108 - 109
CONCERNING THE APPARENT DIFFERENCE IN THE SIZE OF THE SUN AT NOON AND AT SUNSET Captain Raleigh C. Willems 110 -
PRECISE ASTRONOMICAL FIXES Giles G. Healey 110 - 117
TIMEKEEPING . Captain P. V. H. Weems 117 - 120
EXPEDITIONS OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 1735 Seymour L. Chapin 120 - 122
CONSIDERATION OF VARIOUS TERRESTIAL COORDINATE SYSTEMS Walter B. Nash 123 - 128
RADIO AIDS TO NAVIGATION Lieutenant A. G. Watson 129 - 131
TWO MIRRORS: THE STORY OF THE INVENTION OF THE SEXTANT Grenville D. Zerfass 131 - 137
MEETINGS - 137 - 138
CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP NEWS - 138 - 139
NORTH PACIFIC RADIO WARNING SERVICE - 139 - 140
   Volume 3, Number 5 (1952)
Title Author Page Numbers
FOREWORD - 142 - 142
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION John W. Calvert 142 -
ANNUAL SUMMARY OF PROGRESS IN NAVIGATIONAL SCIENCE, 1951 Commander E. A. Beito 148 - 153
THE AIR NAVIGATION DEVELOPMENT BOARD Bert A. Denicke 153 - 158
NOTE ON THE SELECTION OF STARS FOR NAVIGATION Charles H. Smiley 158 - 160
NATHANIEL BOWDITCH AND HIS WORK Paul E. Wylie 160 - 168
SUGGESTION FOR MEASUREMENT OF REFRACTION Robert W. Byerly 169 - 171
EVALUATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR NAVIGATION SPECIALISTS IN AVIATION Henri Almin 172 - 175
THE AIR FORCE OBSERVER Colonel Eldine F. Perrin 175 - 177
THURLOW AWARD WINNER - 177 - 178
CORPORATE MEMBERS - 178 - 179
   Volume 3, Number 6 (1952)
Title Author Page Numbers
AIRBORNE NAVIGATIONAL RECORDERS John C. Bellamy 182 - 188
A SURVEY OF THE EFFORTS TO DETERMINE LONGITUDE AT SEA, 1660-1760 Seymour L. Chapin 188 - 191
THE DESIGN OF AERONAUTICAL CHARTS John E. Murray and Rolland H. Waters 192 - 198
THE NAVIGATIONAL USES OF LOW RADIO FREQUENCIES J. A. Pierce 198 - 204
PARADOX OF PROXIMITY Commander E. S. Quilter 204 - 205
WHAT GEOMAGNETISM MEANS TO NAVIGATORS Captain Elliott B. Roberts 206 - 213
BOOK REVIEWS - 213 - 217
CORPORATE MEMBERS - 218 - 219
MEETINGS - 219 - 219
   Volume 3, Number 7 (1953)
Title Author Page Numbers
ANNUAL SUMMARY OF PROGRESS IN NAVIGATIONAL SCIENCE, 1952 Rear Admiral Robert W. Knox 222 - 226
SELECTED STARS 1953 ALMANACS Commander Edwin A. Beito 226 - 228
BUBBLE ACCELERATION Major Robert Sullivan 229 - 231
WHAT'S OUR SPEED? THE EVOLUTION OF SHIP-LOGS Grenville D. Zerfass 232 - 239
H.O. 249 AND THE NEW AIR ALMANAC John Dohm 239 - 242
A SURVEY OF THE EFFORTS TO DETERMINE LONGITUDE AT SEA, 1660-1760. PART 11: THE USE OF CELESTIAL BODIES Seymour L. Chapin 242 - 249
THE CADAMETER Rear Admiral M. R. Pierce 250 - 261
ACCURACY: AN EDITORIAL COMMENT - 262 - 262
BOOK REVIEWS - 263 - 264
MEETINGS - 264 - 266
NEWS - 266 - 268
CORPORATE MEMBERS - 266 -
   Volume 3, Number 8 (1953)
Title Author Page Numbers
CHART ALTITUDE AS A FUNCTION OF HYPSOMETRIC LAYER TINTS Erhardt A. Siebert and John E. Dornbach 270 - 274
TRUE AZIMUTH OF POLARIS BY NOMOGRAM J. G. van de Flier 274 - 276
LIGHTSHIPS: AND THE NEW AMBROSE CHANNEL LIGHTSHIP Grenville D. Zerfass 276 - 285
PROBLEMS OF A SMALL BOAT SKIPPER Richard S. Nye 286 - 289
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE USE OF LORAN C. W. Davis 289 - 296
A SURVEY OF THE EFFORTS TO DETERMINE LONGITUDE AT SEA, 1660-1760. PART III: A PERFECT TIMEKEEPER Seymour L. Chapin 296 - 303
THE NAUTICAL AND STATUTE MILE CONTROVERSY Commander E. R. McCarthy 303 - 305
BOOK REVIEWS - 305 - 306
CORPORATE MEMBERS - 306 - 306
MEETINGS - 307 -
NEW PUBLICATIONS - 307 - 307
NEWS - 308 - 308
   Volume 3, Number 9 (1953)
Title Author Page Numbers
NAVIGATION WITHOUT MATHEMATICS? Rear Admiral Alfred C. Richmond 310 - 317
A DOWN-TO-EARTH VIEW OF SPACE FLIGHT Milton W. Rosen 318 - 321
REQUIREMENTS FOR AERONAUTICAL CHARTS Commander E. R. McCarthy 322 - 324
CONSTANT COMPASS HEADING FOR GREAT CIRCLE NAVIGATION, AND THE N-1 COMPASS SYSTEM LeRoy D. Allen 325 - 333
NAUTICAL AND STATUTE MILE CONTROVERSY Merrill Armour 333 - 336
SIMPLIFIED STAR PLOTTING Commander H. W. Dusinberre 336 - 338
FIXES, AND HOW TO GET OUT OF THEM Commander H. W. Dusinberre 339 - 340
A LOW-FREQUENCY IONOSPHERE RECORDER National Bureau of Standards 340 - 343
THE READER'S LOG - 344 - 348
CORPORATE MEMBERS - 346 - 346