dead reckoning
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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dead reckoning, determining position at sea by advancing the last established position for
course and distance run. Before the advent of modern navigational systems dead reckoning was the basis of most offshore
navigation. The term ‘estimated position’ is sometimes used for the dead reckoning position corrected for the effects of
tides,
currents,
drift,
leeway, and so on. The origin of the term dead reckoning, which has been in use for at least four centuries, is obscure. It has been suggested that dead is a corruption of deduced, but there is no etymological, or other, evidence for this.
Mike Richey
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CHECK IT OUT: Napper Tandy's
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 9/28/2006; 553 words
; ...relief that I ended up at Napper Tandy's in downtown Norwood...what to expect. Napper Tandy's is divided into two...days. I'd wager Napper Tandy's is the kind of place...parking near the bar. James Furbush The Patriot Ledger
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Napper TANDY: Congressmen on NIA Hit List
Newspaper article from: Irish Voice; 6/27/2000; ; 508 words
; Flynn, Jack Irish Voice 06-27-2000 Napper TANDY: Congressmen on NIA Hit List Edited by Jack Flynn LOOK...Northern Ireland issues. Joe Crowley, Peter King and James Walsh of New York, as well as Richard Neal from Massachusetts...
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Napper TANDY: Line of March For the Post
Newspaper article from: Irish Voice; 2/8/2000; ; 700+ words
; Flynn, Jack Irish Voice 02-08-2000 Napper TANDY: Line of March For the Post EDITED BY JACK FLYNN BAD...Hanwell is traveling at the request of Medina's mayor, James Roberts, who has been trying to organize the trip since...
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Napper TANDY: Either Moran Or Molloy Will Lead Them
Newspaper article from: Irish Voice; 12/12/2000; ; 691 words
; Flynn, Jack Irish Voice 12-12-2000 Napper TANDY: Either Moran Or Molloy Will Lead Them Edited by Jack...board make a decision to stand up to John Dunleavy and James Barker and tell them they're out on their ear? All...
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Napper TANDY: Peter McBride Protest On Tap
Newspaper article from: Irish Voice; 11/28/2000; ; 657 words
; Flynn, Jack Irish Voice 11-28-2000 Napper TANDY: Peter McBride Protest On Tap Edited by Jack Flynn PROJECT...McBride over the years until he was killed. Congressman James Walsh -- who represents Syracuse and is known in the...
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Napper TANDY: Payback Time for Clinton Accusers
Newspaper article from: Irish Voice; 10/6/1998; 482 words
; Irish Voice 10-06-1998 Napper TANDY: Payback Time for Clinton Accusers Edited by Jack Flynn FOR anyone...Clinton is near and dear to the hearts of the Irish, Congressman James P. Moran of Virginia can quickly disabuse you of that notion...
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Napper TANDY: Return Line Of March, Cork Group Says
Newspaper article from: Irish Voice; 1/23/2001; ; 700+ words
; Flynn, Jack Irish Voice 01-23-2001 Napper TANDY: Return Line Of March, Cork Group Says Edited by Jack...letter, which was signed by Cork Association president James Browne and recording secretary Patrick Hurley, asks Dunleavy...
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Napper TANDY: Clowns Left, Jokers Right For King
Newspaper article from: Irish Voice; 2/2/1999; 700+ words
; Irish Voice 02-02-1999 Napper TANDY: Clowns Left, Jokers Right For King Edited by Jack Flynn POOR...Conservation Commissioner John Cahill, State Labor Commissioner James McGowan and Jack Irwin, a liaison to Governor George Pataki...
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Napper TANDY: Bush Backer Says Protests Not Violent
Newspaper article from: Irish Voice; 12/5/2000; ; 700+ words
; Flynn, Jack Irish Voice 12-05-2000 Napper TANDY: Bush Backer Says Protests Not Violent Edited by Jack...the Ministry of Defense confirmed that Mark Wright and James Fisher would be allowed to remain with the Scots Guards...
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Napper TANDY: Why Did McCarthy Vote Yes?
Newspaper article from: Irish Voice; 10/20/1998; 611 words
; Irish Voice 10-20-1998 Napper TANDY: Why Did McCarthy Vote Yes? Edited by Jack Flynn CONGRESSWOMAN...Republican Congressmen Peter King, Ben Gilman, Jack Quinn and James Walsh in voting for the impeachment inquiry. Specifically, she...
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James Napper Tandy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
James Napper Tandy 1740-1803, Irish revolutionary. Originally a small tradesman in Dublin...see United Irishmen ). When faced with a sedition charge in 1793, Tandy fled to the United States and then to France (1798), where he was given...
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Tandy, James Napper
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History
Tandy, James Napper ( c .1737–1803). Variously described as ironmonger and land agent, Tandy was a prominent patriot activist in guild...withdrew on learning of Humbert's defeat. Tandy's arrest in neutral Hamburg in November...
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United Irishmen
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
United Irishmen A society formed in Belfast and Dublin in 1791 by Theobald Wolfe Tone and James Napper Tandy to agitate for parliamentary reform and equal religious rights. Revolutionary events in France made them more radical in 1793...
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Defenders
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History
...for naval service of over 1,000 suspects. Sporadic contact from the early 1790s with the United Irishmen (see Tandy, James Napper ) developed, probably by 1796, into a formal alliance. Defenders as well as United Irishmen participated, though...
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