Sky and sextant
Subtitle: practical celestial navigation
By: John P. Budlong.
Edition: 2d ed.
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Navigation.; Nautical astronomy.; Sextant.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: label: 1
title: Fundamental Concepts
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: The Sextant
pagenum: 12; label: 3
title: Time
pagenum: 27; label: 4
title: The Nautical Almanac
pagenum: 33; label: 5
title: Sight Reduction Tables
pagenum: 38; label: 6
title: Plotting the Line of Position
pagenum: 52; label: 7
title: Doing it at Sea
pagenum: 57; label: 8
title: Moon, Planet, and Star Sights
pagenum: 73; label: 9
title: Other Sight Reduction Tables
pagenum: 92; label: 10
title: More Sectant Lore
pagenum: 101; label: 11
title: Doing Without
pagenum: 127; label: 12
title: Portable Calculators
pagenum: 136; label: Appendix
pagenum: 159; label: Index
pagenum: 219