Orientation For Artillery
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 1945
Language: eng
Description: TM 44-225 Orientation For Artillery 1945-02-19
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: CHAPTER 1. GENERAL.; title: Section I. General 1-4; title: Basic methods 5-9; title: Significance of figures 10-16; title: CHAPTER 2. DUTIES OF RECONNAISSANCE OFFICERS.; title: Section I. General 17-18; title: Situation 19-22; title: Preparation for future action 23-24; title: IV. Orientation problem 25-26; title: CHAPTER 3. INSTRUMENTS.; title: Section I. Miscellaneous equipment 27-30; title: Transit 31-41; title: Observation instrument, A A BC, Ml (BC telescope) and director 42-46; title: IV. Tape measurement 47-52; title: CHAPTER 4. METHODS OF DESIGNATING LOCATION.; title: Section I. Maps; title: Projections; title: CHAPTER 5. COORDINATE SYSTEMS.; title: Section I. Geographic coordinates; title: II. Military grid system; title: III. Azimuth; title: IV. Local plane coordinates; title: V. Point designation grid; title: VI. JAN grid; title: VII. Thrust -line method; title: VIII. Map templates Ml and M2; title: IX. British grid system; title: X. Air defense grid; title: CHAPTER 6. METHODS OF DETERMINING POSITION - TRAVERSE.; title: Section I. General; title: II. Transit traverse; title: III. Organization and duties of transit traverse party; title: CHAPTER 6. METHODS OF DETERMIMING POSITION - TRAVERSE— Continued; title: IV. Transit traverse procedure; title: V. Field notes; title: VI. Computation of transit traverse; title: VII. Traverse tables; title: CHAPTER 7. METHODS OF DETERMINING POSITION - INTERSECTION.; title: Section I. General; title: II. Field work and field notes; title: III. Mathematical solutions; title: IV. Graphical solution of transit intersection; title: CHAPTER 8. METHODS OF DETERMINING POSITION - RESECTION.; title: Section I. General; title: II. Sample problem; title: III. Summary; title: CHAPTER 9. VERTICAL CONTROL; title: Section I. General; title: II. Map leveling; title: III. Trigonometric leveling; title: IV. Spirit leveling; title: CHAPTER 10. ELEMENTARY ASTRONOMY.; title: Section I. The celestial sphere; title: II. The Sun; title: III. Time; title: IV. Time and hour angle; title: CHAPTER 11. AZIMUTH DETERMINATION-APPROXIMATE METHODS.; title: Section I. General; title: II. Compass; title: III. Watch dial; title: IV. Shadow of a gnomon; title: V. Direction by plumb line and star; title: VI. Direction by sun; title: CHAPTER 12. STELLAR OBSERVATION 174-181; title: Section I. General; title: II. Polaris at culmination and elongation; title: III. Polaris at any hour; title: IV. Any star-equal altitudes; title: V. Any star-altitude method; title: VI. Any star— hour angle method; title: CHAPTER 13. SOLAR OBSERVATION. 208—211; title: Section I. Hour angle method; title: II. Altitude method 168; title: CHAPTER 14. STAR IDENTIFICATION 221-224; title: CHAPTER 15. USE OF BEARING CHARTS FOR ORIENTATION FOR ARTILLERY 225-231; title: CHAPTER 16. OBSERVATIONS FOR LATITUDE.; title: Section I. General 232-235; title: Polaris at culmination 236-238; title: Latitude by a southern or northern star 239-242; title: APPENDIX I. CHARTS AND TABLES.; title: Chart I. Bearing chart of the sun (includes tables I and II); title: Chart II. Bearing chart of the stars 225; title: Table III. Apparent places of 23 main stars for the period 1944-1948 (in right ascension and decimation) 228; title: Table IV. Azimuths of Polaris at maximum elongation for the years 1944-50; title: APPENDIX II. AIR DEFENSE AND TABLES 238