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UCR Ue LUC DUST SUT Cy DCE OS RS es EC Ld DoT Te) hd CC CLL Luc) ee oe eee Tom Cuniliffe Second edion pablshe i 2001 By Dabe's Path, igh Suet, Arundel, ‘West Sussex, BNLS 8A). Eland Fen ection 1060 ‘sah ary Cataloging n Publeaton Dat estogeeertertuabooxnevanie he Bish rary ‘tng ere No pas oti paton eee, ‘tending or oerwise host the pot Printed in Hong Kong (Giemainor st ne statn aed by Rosana yne ewok by Create be ‘exign by Simon Balley Contents Introduction 5 1 The Earth and the heavens 7 2 Thesextant 15 3 The noon sight for latitude 20 4 Time 24 8 Position lines and plotting 27 Tables 30 6 sunsights 40 7% ‘Theplanets 44 8 The Moon 47 9 ‘Thestars 50 10 Polaris - the Pole Star 57 11 Compass checking on the ocean 60 12 The shortest way 62 Foreword ora tousand years, cele navgaton i one form o enh nas guid marines ares te ‘Slee soumantar send ony te macho! ror asotart and ahronometer: gives © Alcon onion anda gimpos ofthe eae. “Guy the mow cya of arias arnt Alene rom nas and gales marching SSG Ser tush pee a ‘iy stand io nerease mans pide nie os ‘ror ne clos gato ofthe ages Sheneragera deep aah wack sisi “xr in ft ety eon, bok hla he ony ko tong a ponton of sounding. oy antec onda pe Inisporspectve snot ony Suageay fx aman sundertaning of plce the ‘Stivers anole othe dengeroes et Stural race of gnving sola nevigeton {ts only nooo bal ar, sxtnt ‘rotons continous sppronch *Feasonabla andar Jost boring the Book {he reumont in onough "the author canny the Toendouajob satafcion schewed by eromtiog on oceae fossa gue a cpa ana nao ren th moet are fon cou one a Sop ‘rach with witch hand itendod fora ‘Bac sp your sun sgh Bear nmin hoegh, ‘Si en al conta hong Io deep apace or burned up the al wath i ie Bok has be nati ‘fovea vig by Sa hoo “ndstare. 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