The Sextant Handbook
by Bruce Bauer · first published 1995
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One of my favorite reads was <The Sextant Handbook> (Bruce Bauer, 2nd edition). I bought it because I wanted to learn how to use a sextant. This book is THE book for learning how to operate a sextant. I quickly realized that actually I didn't want to…
on “Ask HN: Do you still buy physical tech books like “Learn Rust” or “Learn Go”?” ↗…favourite is 'Self-contained Celestial Navigation with HO 208' by John Letcher. It's out of print but used copies show up on abebooks for a reasonable price at times. It's often recommended. I also like 'The Sextant Handbook' by Bruce Bauer. Also out of print. A very nice modern coffee-table book about the history of celestial navigation is 'Finding Longitude' by Richard Dunn e.a. : http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HPMW95A Finally,…
on “Seeing stars again: Naval Academy reinstates celestial navigation” ↗