A Hand-book For Star Double-altitudes, With Directions For Selecting The Stars is a practical guide to celestial navigation, written by Alfred Challice Johnson. This handbook provides detailed instructions for using star double-altitudes to determine one's position at sea or on land. Intended for navigators, surveyors, and anyone interested in practical astronomy, the book offers a clear and concise methodology for selecting stars and calculating altitudes, offering a valuable resource for both beginners and experienced ...
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A Hand-book For Star Double-altitudes, With Directions For Selecting The Stars is a practical guide to celestial navigation, written by Alfred Challice Johnson. This handbook provides detailed instructions for using star double-altitudes to determine one's position at sea or on land. Intended for navigators, surveyors, and anyone interested in practical astronomy, the book offers a clear and concise methodology for selecting stars and calculating altitudes, offering a valuable resource for both beginners and experienced practitioners. With its focus on practical application, this handbook remains a useful reference for those studying or employing celestial navigation techniques. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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