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Re: What's on your bookshelf?
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2006 Sep 11, 23:33 -0500
Here is my list:
English:
1. W. Chauvenet, A manual of spherical
and practical astronomy, 2 vols., Dover 1960.
2. J. Meeus, Astronomical algorithms, 2-nd edition,
Willmann-Bell, 1998.
3. G. Bennett, Complete on-board celestial navigator,
2003-2007 edition, Intl marine ed.
4. B. Bauer, The sextant handbook, 2-nd edition.
5. A. J. Hughes, The book of the sextant, Glasgow, Brown
and son, 1949.
6. G. Dunlap and H. Shufeldt, The book of the sextant,
Weems and Plath, Annapolis, 1971.
7. Heath and Co., My modern sextant, New Eltham, London
(date unknown)
8. Sight reduction tables for Marine navigation,
pub. no. 229, volume 3.
9. Nautical almanac for 2005 and 2006.
Printouts of Bowditch 1995,
Norie, 1828,
Chauvenet's "Astronomy, comprising suggestions to US
naval oficers", 1868,
and a hudge pile of XVIII century
papers and almanacs downloaded from the Internet.
This pile occupies most of the shelf:-)
Russian:
1. V. Kondrashikhin and A. Rakhovetskii,
Astronomical determination of vessel's position
and compas correction, Moscow, "Transport", 1971.
2. V. Kondrashikhin and A. Rakhovetskii,
Determination of vessel's position, Moscow, "Transport",
1981.
3. V. Kondrashikhin and A. Rakhovetskii,
Accuracy of astronomical observations, Odessa,
"Morskoi transport", 1961.
4. B. Voklonskii, Spherical trigonometry.
5. SNO-T manual.
Alex.
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From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2006 Sep 11, 23:33 -0500
Here is my list:
English:
1. W. Chauvenet, A manual of spherical
and practical astronomy, 2 vols., Dover 1960.
2. J. Meeus, Astronomical algorithms, 2-nd edition,
Willmann-Bell, 1998.
3. G. Bennett, Complete on-board celestial navigator,
2003-2007 edition, Intl marine ed.
4. B. Bauer, The sextant handbook, 2-nd edition.
5. A. J. Hughes, The book of the sextant, Glasgow, Brown
and son, 1949.
6. G. Dunlap and H. Shufeldt, The book of the sextant,
Weems and Plath, Annapolis, 1971.
7. Heath and Co., My modern sextant, New Eltham, London
(date unknown)
8. Sight reduction tables for Marine navigation,
pub. no. 229, volume 3.
9. Nautical almanac for 2005 and 2006.
Printouts of Bowditch 1995,
Norie, 1828,
Chauvenet's "Astronomy, comprising suggestions to US
naval oficers", 1868,
and a hudge pile of XVIII century
papers and almanacs downloaded from the Internet.
This pile occupies most of the shelf:-)
Russian:
1. V. Kondrashikhin and A. Rakhovetskii,
Astronomical determination of vessel's position
and compas correction, Moscow, "Transport", 1971.
2. V. Kondrashikhin and A. Rakhovetskii,
Determination of vessel's position, Moscow, "Transport",
1981.
3. V. Kondrashikhin and A. Rakhovetskii,
Accuracy of astronomical observations, Odessa,
"Morskoi transport", 1961.
4. B. Voklonskii, Spherical trigonometry.
5. SNO-T manual.
Alex.
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