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1	The Ever Changing Sky: A Guide to the Celestial Sphere more books like this by James B Kaler add to wishlist The Ever-Changing Sky provides a comprehensive and non-mathematical guide to spherical astronomy. The reader is guided through terrestrial and celestial co-ordinate systems, time measurement and celestial navigation, to the prediction of the rising and setting of the stars, Sun and Moon. It focuses on the geometrical aspects of the night sky ... see all copies from $7.22! new only from $44.95! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Spherical Astronomy more books like this by Robin Michael Green add to wishlist This is an introductory textbook on spherical and positional astronomy. It is entirely suitable for use by students with no prior knowledge of classical astronomy. At the same time, it is sufficiently comprehensive to make it a useful background reference book for anyone engaged in practical astronomy. The first three chapters sketch essential ... see all copies from $18.99! new only from $79.91! \| first editions \| SVS
3	A manual of spherical and practical astronomy, embracing the general problems of spherical astronomy, the special applications to nautical astronomy, and the theory and use of fixed and portable astronomical instruments, with an appendix on the method... more books like this by William Chauvenet add to wishlist Embracing The General Problems Of Spherical Astronomy, The Special Applications To Nautical Astronomy, And The Theory And Use Of Fixed And Portable Astronomical Instruments, With An Appendix On The Method Of Least Squares. see all copies from $15.00! new only from $33.19! \| first editions
4	Textbook on Spherical Astronomy more books like this by W M Smart add to wishlist This well-established textbook gives a general but comprehensive introduction to positional astronomy. Originally based on the author's lecture courses at Cambridge University, it is intended primarily for undergraduates, but, due to its comprehensive nature, it is a very useful reference text for research workers in many branches of astronomy and ... see all copies from $23.85! new only from $50.00! \| SVS
5	Computational Spherical Astronomy more books like this by Laurence G Taff add to wishlist see all copies from $6.37! new only from $32.50! \| first editions
6	Man and the Stars more books like this by Theodore E Brown, Robert Hanbury Brown, A.C. add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
7	Practical Astronomy more books like this by Henry Robert Mills add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions
8	Practical Astronomy: A User-Friendly Handbook for Skywatchers more books like this by Henry Robert Mills add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.89! \| first editions
9	Earthwatch: Space-Time Investigations with a Globe more books like this by Julius Schwartz add to wishlist Includes a variety of experiments with a globe to illustrate the movement of the earth and its satellites. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
10	Spherical and Practical Astronomy,: As Applied to Geodesy more books like this by Ivan Istvan Mueller add to wishlist see all copies from $12.00! first editions
11	The Modern Amateur Astronomer more books like this by Sir Patrick Moore add to wishlist Here is a comprehensive guide for every amateur astronomer who hopes to do more than just star-gaze. If you already own an astronomical telescope and want to know how to use it to the best effect, or if you are thinking about buying one and are wondering where to start, this this is the book for you. see all copies from $1.99!
12	Positional Astronomy and Astro-Navigation, Made Easy: A New Approach Using the Pocket Calculator more books like this by Henry Robert Mills add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00! first editions
13	The elements of astronomy for surveyors more books like this by John Bullamore Mackie add to wishlist see all copies from $12.00!
14	Computational Modelling and Simulation of Aircraft and the Environment: Volume 1: Platform Kinematics and Synthetic Environment more books like this by Dominic J Diston add to wishlist This first volume of "Computational Modelling of Aircraft and the Environment" provides a comprehensive guide to the derivation of computational models from basic physical & mathematical principles, giving the reader sufficient information to be able to represent the basic architecture of the synthetic environment. Highly relevant to practitioners ... see all copies from $102.31! new only from $102.31! \| SVS
15	Spherical astronomy more books like this by Edgar W. Woolard, Gerald M. Clemence add to wishlist see all copies from $50.50! first editions
16	Practical Astronomy: Lectures on Time, Place, and Space more books like this by David H DeVorkin, Steve Postman (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
17	Euclid's Phaenomena: A Translation and Study of a Hellenistic Treatise in Spherical Astronomy more books like this by Euclid add to wishlist This book contains a translation and study of "Euclid's Phaenomena", a work which once formed part of the mathematical training of astronomers from Central Asia to Western Europe. Included is an introduction that sets Euclid's geometry of the celestial sphere, and its application to the astronomy of his day, into its historical context for readers ... see all copies from $36.00! new only from $36.00!
18	Practical Astronomy: Observations, Experiments & Exercises more books like this by Ulrich O Herrmann, Cecil Thompson add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
19	A compendium of spherical astronomy with its applications to the determination and reduction of positions of the fixed stars more books like this by Simon Newcomb add to wishlist PREFACE. THE present volume is the first of a projected series having the double purpose of developing the elements of Practical and Theoretical Astronomy for the special student of the subject, ancl of serving as a handbook of convenient reference for the use of the - cvorlcing astronomer in applying methods and fornlulae. lhe plan of the series ... see all copies from $14.75! new only from $26.66! \| SVS
20	The Castle of Knowledge more books like this by Robert Record add to wishlist see all copies from $300.00!
21	Text-book on practical astronomy more books like this by George Leonard Hosmer add to wishlist see all copies from $3.00! new only from $17.34! \| first editions
22	Astronomer priest and ancient mariner more books like this by Lancelot Thomas Hogben add to wishlist see all copies from $3.08! first editions \| SVS
23	Positional astronomy more books like this by Derek McNally add to wishlist see all copies from $35.00! first editions
24	Practical astronomy; a textbook for engineering schools and a manual of field methods more books like this by George L. Hosmer add to wishlist see all copies from $6.00! first editions
25	A treatise on practical astronomy, as applied to geodesy and navigation. more books like this by C. L. Doolittle add to wishlist see all copies from $33.78! new only from $33.78! \| SVS

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