Title: The sextant handbook :
Authors: Bauer, Bruce A.,
Date: 1986
Publisher: Azimuth Press,
Physical description: 191 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: V
Contents: A short history -- Elements of the sextant and four vital adjustments -- Attachments and accessories -- Care, maintenance and repair -- How to buy a sextant -- Sighting techniques -- Correcting the sight -- Timing the sight accurately -- Searching for stars -- Sextants of tomorrow -- Appendixes : A. Sextant check procedures -- B. Sextant manufacturers -- C. Distributors and dealers -- D. The navigator's -- E. Making and using an artificial horizon -- F. Table of interstellar angles for practice sighting and sextant testing -- G. Useful addresses.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Sextant.