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The book of the sextant, with ancient and modern instruments of navigation,

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hughes, A. J. (Arthur Joseph), 1880-1961 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Glasgow, Brown, Son and Ferguson [1938]
Subjects:
Sextant.
Sextants.
sextants.
Table of Contents:
  • Old instruments
  • Principles of the sextant
  • Construction of the marine sextant
  • The booth bubble
  • Construction of air sextants
  • Sextant telescopes
  • Making observations by marine and air sextants
  • Errors and adjustments of sextants
  • Modern sextant accessories and navigational instruments.